peakish

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English

Etymology

From peak +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

Adjective

peakish (comparative more peakish, superlative most peakish)

  1. (colloquial) Of or relating to a peak or peaks; belonging to a mountainous region.
  2. (colloquial) Having peaks; peaked.
  3. (colloquial) Having thin or sharp features, as from sickness; sickly; peaky.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “peakish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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