1. Word finder
  2. Word definitions
  3. peakish

Find the word definition

What is "peakish"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Peakish

Peakish \Peak"ish\, a.

  1. Of or relating to a peak; or to peaks; belonging to a mountainous region. ``Her peakish spring.''
    --Drayton. ``His peakish dialect.''
    --Bp. Hall.

  2. Having peaks; peaked.

  3. Having features thin or sharp, as from sickness; hence, sickly. [Colloq.]

Wiktionary
peakish

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

Usage examples of "peakish".

Her skin as soft as Lemster wool, As white as snow on Peakish Hull, Or swan that swims in Trent.