Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having features that seem thin and sharp, as from sickness; peaked.
- Simple; rude; mean.
- Denoting or belonging to peaks of hills; having peaks; situated on a peak; belonging to the district known as “The Peak.”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or relating to a peak; or to peaks; belonging to a mountainous region.
- adjective Having peaks; peaked.
- adjective colloq. Having features thin or sharp, as from sickness; hence, sickly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective colloquial Of or relating to a
peak or peaks; belonging to amountainous region . - adjective colloquial Having
peaks ;peaked . - adjective colloquial Having thin or sharp features, as from
sickness ;sickly ;peaky .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The landlady and her daughter thought he was rather peakish, but he had not complained.
Tommy and Grizel 1898
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They were two old people of the country, and they sat together in the descending shadows of the day, quite like in garb and feature, their chins a little peakish, and the hairs of both turning gray.
Bohemian Days Three American Tales George Alfred Townsend 1877
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“I’m not doing it if there’s blood,” Rose said, looking peakish.
Ominous Kate Brian 2011
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“I’m not doing it if there’s blood,” Rose said, looking peakish.
Ominous Kate Brian 2011
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(Though if they were Dolly cookies, I'd probably have expected them to be a little more peakish; P) 07 April 2007 03: 42 myriam said ... hi y. you are right. they should have been more peakish. but then - i couldnt do blond and pink and peakish in one cookie; -) 09 April 2007 21: 54
hello dolly cookies myriam 2007
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