Lexic.us

Definition of Peaked

1. Adjective. Somewhat ill or prone to illness. "Is unwell and can't come to work"

2. Adjective. Having or rising to a peak. "The island's peaked hills"

Definition of Peaked

1. a. Pointed; ending in a point; as, a peaked roof.

Definition of Peaked

1. Adjective. Having a peak or peaks. ¹

2. Adjective. Sickly-looking, peaky. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Peaked

1. peak [v] - See also: peak

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peaked

peak flow peak flow meter peak flow meters peak flow rate peak hour peak magnitude peak oil peak organisation peak organisations peak plasma drug concentration

peak season peak seasons peak vehicle requirement peak vehicle requirements peaked (current term) peaked(p) peaked cap peakedness peakednesses peaker

peakers peakflowmeter peakflowmeters peakier peakiest peakily peakiness peaking peakish

Literary usage of Peaked

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

1. The White Mountains: A Guide to the Peaks, Passes, and Ravines of the White by Moses Foster Sweetser (1876)
"It may be readied by passing up the ravine N. of peaked Mt., and ascending by the ... S. of this, ind partially connected with peaked Mt. by a low ridge, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... whole extent peaks of great height (16000 to 22000 feet), the crowning summit, Coropuna, reaching 22900 feet, and the twin-peaked Huascaran, 22240 feet. ..."

3. Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (1900)
"The association of the Above with a peak or point is further illustrated by a well-known peaked diadem always painted blue which was the symbol of the ..."

4. Across Chrysê: Being the Narrative of a Journey of Exploration Through the by Archibald Ross Colquhoun (1883)
"peaked crags—Overland routes to the Tonquin Gulf—Routes to Yunnan —Routes from Annam to SW of Kwang-si—Armed traders—Advice to travellers—Suaviter in ..."

5. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1852)
"We breathe the pure air of^our country lane ; a cluster of peaked gables is in the distance, which we know like the first chapter of Genesis ; a curling ..."

6. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Robertson Smith (1896)
"That special member is the five-peaked ridge of Serbal. Parlor. A word in English usage, meaning the common room of the family, and hence probably in AV ..."

7. The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of by Gilbert White (1853)
"... which are milk-white, long, and peaked at the small end; whereas the other species lay at each brood from four to six.* It is a most alert bird, ..."

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