Etymology

peery

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Today it means: That tends to peer; prying, inquisitive, curious. Full definition →

Scots peerie ← Middle English pere ← Old English pere
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peery · adjective1

From peer + -y.

peery · noun2

  1. Vulgar Latinpira
  2. Proto-West Germanic*peru
  3. Old Englishpere
  4. Middle Englishpere
  5. Scotspeer
  6. Scotspeerie
  7. English todaypeery

Borrowed from Scots peerie.

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