peery
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Definition of peery
4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(rare)That tends to peer; prying, inquisitive, curious.
“The pupil, thus affectionately invoked, at length came stumbling into the room; a queer, shambling, ill-made urchin, who, by his stunted growth, seemed about twelve or thirteen years old, though he was probably, in reality, a year or two older, with a carroty pate in huge disorder, a freckled, sunburnt visage, with a snub nose, a long chin, and two peery grey eyes, which had a droll obliquity of vision, approaching to a squint, though perhaps not a decided one.”
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adj
-
(rare)That tends to peer; prying, inquisitive, curious.
“The pupil, thus affectionately invoked, at length came stumbling into the room; a queer, shambling, ill-made urchin, who, by his stunted growth, seemed about twelve or thirteen years old, though he was probably, in reality, a year or two older, with a carroty pate in huge disorder, a freckled, sunburnt visage, with a snub nose, a long chin, and two peery grey eyes, which had a droll obliquity of vision, approaching to a squint, though perhaps not a decided one.”
- (rare)Of or pertaining to peers or the peerage.
noun
- (Scotland)spinning top
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From peer + -y.
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