peery

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English

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Etymology 1

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From peer +‎ -y.

Adjective

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peery (comparative more peery or peerier, superlative most peery or peeriest)

  1. (rare) That tends to peer; prying, inquisitive, curious.
    • 1821, Sir Walter Scott, Kenilworth:
      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.

Etymology 2

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From Scots peerie.

Noun

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peery (plural peeries)

  1. (Scotland) spinning top

Anagrams

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