Peery
adj, name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 spinning top Scotland
- 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
- 1 A surname.
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More examples"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."
Etymology
From peer + -y.
From Scots peerie.
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