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▪ I. peeve, v. orig. U.S.|piːv|
[Back-formation f. peevish a.]
trans. and intr. To irritate, exasperate; to grumble, complain petulantly. So peeved |piːvd| ppl. a., irritated, annoyed.
1908G. V. Hobart Go to It 31 It may be interesting to some people, but it gets me peeved. 1912Ade Knocking Neighbors 10 The Waiter peeved at being slipped a paltry $1.60. 1919Wodehouse Damsel in Distress xxi. 242 About a million other people who'll be most frightfully peeved at my doing the Wedding Glide without consulting them. 1923H. G. Wells Men like Gods i. i. 5 Liberalism would never do anything more for ever than sit..grumbling and peeving. 1926Bulletin (Glasgow) 17 June 5, I have a letter to-day from a peeved smoker..on the huge profits disclosed by the big tobacco combines. 1934R. Macaulay Going Abroad xvii. 139, I suppose he'd peeved me in some way. 1937G. Frankau More of Us v. 62 ‘Just look at that,’ peeved she, one slim hand plucking High from her ankles' grace, the limbs’ frail sheath. 1945Sun (Baltimore) 7 Dec. 8/1 Mighty peeved at that, Lorena outs with a derringer and marches the bachelor to the nearest J.P. 1966I. Jefferies House-Surgeon v. 101 ‘They were peeved, like little school-kids.’.. ‘Who peeved them, Harry?’ 1975Daily Mail 13 June 7/4 The agency won't talk about the work; its executives are rather peeved that the news has got out.
▪ II. peeve, n. orig. U.S.|piːv|
[f. the vb.]
A grumble, a (cause of) complaint or irritation; a peevish humour; pet peeve, a special or recurring source of irritation.
It is not certain that the n. is intended in quot. 1911.
1911Dialect Notes III. 549 Some common cases of ‘back-formations’, or ‘back-shortenings’, are..peeve. 1919C. H. Darling Jargon Bk. 25 Pet peeve, the thing that provokes you the most. 1920S. Lewis Main St. 293 You're simply hot and tired, and trying to work off your peeve on me. 1936R. E. Sherwood Idiot's Delight iii. 141 Every time yon get yourself into a peeve, you take it out on us. 1945Southwest Rev. Summer 330/2 Such misrepresentation of this lovable American character is my pet peeve. 1963B. S. Johnson Travelling People i. 21 Henry thought he could afford to indulge in a Peeve... This was very quickly achieved by concentrating his mind on as many of the disasters of his past as were conveniently on short call from his memory. 1973‘Trevanian’ Loo Sanction 12 His peeve lasted only a second. 1975Bibliognost Aug. 27 My pet peeve? Scouts and dealers who don't identify themselves and expect you to pull out the best books in the store. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 7 Feb. 8/4 Poorly designed parking garages have riled me for a long time, but they've become a full-fledged pet peeve in recent years. |