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Peery

adj, name, noun

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Adjective

1
That tends to peer; prying, inquisitive, curious. rare
"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
Of or pertaining to peers or the peerage. rare

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Noun

1
spinning top Scotland

Etymology

Etymology 1

From peer + -y.

Etymology 2

From Scots peerie.

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