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peevish(dictionary)

peevish (iou)



peevish adjective. LME.
[Origin unkn.]
Silly, foolish; beside oneself; out of one's senses. LME-L17.
a. Spiteful, malignant, mischievous, harmful. LME-E17.
b. Of the wind: piercing. dial. E19.
Wretched, damned. colloq. E-M16.
Querulous, irritable, childishly fretful; spiteful; (of a quality, action, etc.) characterized by or exhibiting petty vexation or spite. M16.
J. Johnston His voice was peevish At any moment..he might stop speaking to her.
Perverse, obstinate; self-willed, skittish; capricious, coy. M16-L17.
peevishly adverb M16.
peevishness noun LME.