/pa pree"keuh, peuh-, pah-, pap"ri keuh/ , n.
1. a red, powdery condiment derived from dried, ripe sweet peppers.
adj.
2. cooked or seasoned with paprika.
[ 1895-1900; pàprika pepper, paprika, deriv. of papar ground pepper pipru, * pipri (cf. OCS pipru, Slovene péper, Czech pepr, Pol pieprz ) piper PEPPER ]