peery

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Definition of peery

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (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

  1. (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.”
  2. (rare)Of or pertaining to peers or the peerage.

noun

  1. (Scotland)spinning top

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

From peer + -y.

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