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peery

peery adjective: that tends to peer; prying, inquisitive, curious.

Adjective

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

  1. (rare) That tends to peer; prying, inquisitive, curious.
    • 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...1821, Sir Walter Scott, Kenilworth
  2. (rare) Of or pertaining to peers or the peerage.

Noun

peery (plural peeries)

  1. (Scotland) spinning top

Proper noun capitalized: Peery

Peery (plural Peerys)

  1. A surname.

Forms of peery

Adjective
comparativemore peery
comparativepeerier
superlativemost peery
superlativepeeriest
Noun
pluralpeeries
Proper noun
pluralPeerys

Origin of peery

From peer + -y.

Borrowed from Scots peerie.

Questions about peery

What does peery mean?
Peery means that tends to peer; prying, inquisitive, curious.
What part of speech is peery?
Peery can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near peery in the dictionary

  1. peers of the realm
  2. Peerses
  3. peership
  4. peerships
  5. peert
  6. peery
  7. Peerys
  8. pees
  9. pees in one's pants
  10. pees in someone's Cheerios
  11. pees in someone's cornflakes

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