peery

comparative more peery · comparative peerier · superlative most peery · superlative peeriest

1. rareThat tends to peer; prying, inquisitive, curious.

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   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.

   1821, Sir Walter Scott, Kenilworth

2. rareOf or pertaining to peers or the peerage.

plural peeries

1. Scotlandspinning top

plural Peerys

1. A surname.