Definition of Peakish

1. a. Of or relating to a peak; or to peaks; belonging to a mountainous region.

Definition of Peakish

1. Adjective. (colloquial) Of or relating to a peak or peaks; belonging to a mountainous region. ¹

2. Adjective. (colloquial) Having peaks; peaked. ¹

3. Adjective. (colloquial) Having thin or sharp features, as from sickness; sickly; peaky. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Peakish

1. somewhat sickly [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peakish

peaked
peaked(p)
peaked cap
peakedness
peakednesses
peaker
peakers
peakflowmeter
peakflowmeters
peakier
peakiest
peakily
peakiness
peaking
peakish (current term)
peakist
peakists
peakless
peaklet
peaklets
peaklike
peaknik
peakniks
peakon
peakons
peaks
peaky
peal
peal out

Literary usage of Peakish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"2 ; 'Snow on peakish Hull' (hill), Drayton, Pastorals, Eel. ... See NED., where ' peakish' is shown to refer (probably) to the ' Peak' in Derbyshire. pearl, ..."

2. Lean's Collectanea by Vincent Stuckey Lean, Julia Lucy Woodward (1902)
"Warn., Alb. Eng. Her skin as soft as Lemster wool As white as snow on peakish hull. Or swanne that swims in Trent. Drayton, Shepherd's Garland, 1593. ..."

3. Underwoods by Ben Jonson (1640)
"With the peakish ... With, Here, is to the fruit of Pern, Grafted upon Stub his stem; With the peakish ..."

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