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   Peev·ish

   /ˈpēviSH/

   

   adjective

   • 1. easily irritated, especially by unimportant things: "all this makes Steve fretful and peevish"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘perverse, coy’): of unknown origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. peevishly adverb
   • 2. peevishness noun

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   What does peevish mean?

   • From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English peev‧ish /ˈpiːvɪʃ/ adjective easily annoyed by small and unimportant things → bad-tempered The kids were peevish after so long in the car. —peevishly adverb —peevishness noun [ uncountable] Examples from the Corpus peevish • But a week before the examination he became restless and peevish.

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   What does pevysh mean?

   • 1. 2. 3. SYNONYMS 1. petulant, irritable, snappish. See cross. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd [ 1350–1400; ME pevysh ‹ ?] 1. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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   What does pevach stand for?

   • Cognate with Scots pevis, pevess, pevych, pevach (“peevish”), Scots pew, peu (“to cry in a plaintive manner”). See pue . An alternative etymology derives Middle English peyvesshe (“capricious, silly”), as a possible corruption of Latin perversus (“perverted”).

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   What is the meaning of peuysshe?

   • Christ did his Miracles among a peevish, foolish, sottish people, (as the World accounted them). 2.b. Beside oneself; out of one's senses; mad. Obsolete. Some tremblid, some girnid, some gaspid, some gasid, As people halfe peuysshe, or men that were masyd. [They] aunswered to the mayden, Surely thou arte peuyshe.

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   From Middle English pevische, pevisse, pevysse, peivesshe, also peyuesshe, peeuish, of obscure origin. Perhaps from Middle English pew, pue (“a plaintive cry, the cry of a bird”), equivalent to pue +‎ -ish. Cognate with Scots pevis, pevess, pevych, pevach (“peevish”), Scots pew, peu (“to cry in a plaintive manner”). See pue. An alternative etymolog...

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   (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpiːvɪʃ/

   (US) IPA(key): /ˈpivɪʃ/

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   peevish (comparative more peevish, superlative most peevish) 1. Characterized by or exhibiting petty bad temper, bad-tempered, moody, cross. [from 1520] 1.1. a. 1530 (date written), John Skelton, “Poems against Garnesche. Skelton Laureate Defendar ageinst Lusty Garnyshe Well Beseen Crystofer Chalangar, et cetera.”, in Alexander Dyce, editor, The Po...

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   peevish (not comparable) 1. (obsolete) Peevishly. 1.1. c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third:[…]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]: 1.1.1. Be not peeuish fond in great desi...

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   Peevish definition: cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent. See examples of PEEVISH used in a sentence.

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   What does the word peevish mean? There are ten meanings listed in OED's entry for the word peevish , seven of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   peevish in American English. (ˈpivɪʃ) adjective. 1. cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent. a peevish youngster. 2. showing annoyance, irritation, or bad mood. a peevish reply.

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   Define peevish. peevish synonyms, peevish pronunciation, peevish translation, English dictionary definition of peevish. adj. 1. a. Querulous or discontented. b. Ill-tempered. 2. Contrary; fractious. pee′vish·ly adv. pee′vish·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the...