peakish

comparative more peakish · superlative most peakish

1. archaiccolloquialOf or relating to a peak or peaks; belonging to a mountainous region.

   her peakish spring

   1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC

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   his peakish dialect

   1646, Jos[eph] Hall, The Balme of Gilead: Or, Comforts for the Distressed, both Morall and Divine. […], London: […] M[iles] Flesher, for Nat[haniel] Butter, →OCLC

2. archaiccolloquialHaving peaks; peaked.
3. archaiccolloquialsick; sickly

   Synonyms: peaky