cayenne
noun/kaɪˈɛn/ · /keɪˈɛn/
1
Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of cayenne pepper.
- What's the difference between a cayenne and a jalapeno?
- His barbecue sauce could use a hint of cayenne to heat it up a bit.
2
Figuratively Spice or verve.
- We speak ill of our neighbours, not from ill-nature, but idleness; satire is only the cayenne of conversation:...1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 316:
3
A strong red-orange colour, like the cayenne pepper.
- Derived terms
- cayenned