peakyadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈpiːki/, U.S.

/ˈpiki/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peak n.², -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < peak n.² + -y suffix¹.

a. Of a mountain range, etc.: characterized by peaks; having many peaks.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill or mountain > [adjective] > pointed

nolleda1398

tricoryphean1816

peaky1821

1821 Times 16 Aug. 3/3 The magnificent and peaky range of the Wicklow mountains.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Palace of Art (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 143 Hills with peaky tops engrail'd.

1858 Chambers's Jrnl. 10 227 The sun approached the edge of the peaky horizon.

1952 Geografiska Annaler 34 2 He explains regions with peaky and irregular dead-ice moraine, as having been formed close to the margin of a disintegrating and dissolving glacier.

1992 P. Theroux Happy Isles Oceania xvii. 485 Now I was between a large peaky island and a small green islet.

b. figurative. Characterized by sharp peaks or variations in amplitude, performance, demand, etc.

ΚΠ

1905 Biometrika 4 206 The multimodal character of the discrete variates will disappear with the roughness of the handfuls, or have the peaky appearance of random sampling.

1944 P.O. Electr. Engineers' Jrnl. Jan. 112/1 The wave shape changes from approximately the sinusoidal form at ‘no load’ to a more peaky form on ‘full load’.

1973 Gramophone Jan. 1297/1 In the tone quality something..can sound uncomfortably white and uncovered, even shrill and peaky.

2000 N.Y. Times 14 May iii. 8/5 The outlook goes back to automotive fundamentals, which is a very peaky market.

2. Pointed; tapering to a peak.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective]

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1832 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 2 June 138/1 What had lately been the solid surface of the lake was now gathered in a large glacier of peaky fragments at the bottom.

1869 A. Macdonald Story Disputed Settlem. (1877) 47 (E.D.D.) A..face, with a peaky little bit of a nose.

1878 Lady Burton Arabia xii. 270 The Konkanis [wear] peaky slippers.

1923 Times 21 Nov. 15/5 The general aspect of the dog was that of a very chastened spaniel with a rather peaky nose.

1969 Sun (Sydney) 11 Mar. 258 The ears were triangular, more peaky than a 'roo's, and it would twitch them backward and forward.

Compounds

peaky blinder n. British (now historical) a member of a group of hooligans active in the Birmingham area in the late 1890s, distinguished by wearing a peaked cap pulled down over the forehead to hide the face.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > person > distinguished by specific item of clothing

peaky blinder1890

leather-jacket1959

1890 Aberdeen Weekly Jrnl. 16 Apr. 3/5 A young man named Eastwood was murderously assaulted by a number of members of a gang known as the Small Heath ‘Peaky Blinders’.

1896 Birmingham Daily Argus 17 Nov. 2/3 Is there..any Volunteer officer who will come down and captain a company of budding ‘peaky blinders’?

1898 Daily News 22 Oct. 2/5 The woman..saw the two ‘peaky blinders’ leaving on Thursday morning.

1971 B. Sleigh Smell of Privet x. 82 A mission in..Birmingham which took in some of the notorious Peaky Blinders.

1999 D. Haslam Manchester, Eng. ii. 48 In other cities at the time other groups of aggressive working-class lads were labelled, like the London ‘hooligans’ or the ‘peaky blinders’ of Birmingham.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

peakyadj.²

Brit.

/ˈpiːki/, U.S.

/ˈpiki/

Forms: 1800s– peaky, 1800s– peeky, 1800s– picky (English regional (south-west midlands and south-western)).

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peak v.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently < peak v.¹ (compare sense 3 at that entry) + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier peaking adj. 2, peaked adj.², and slightly later peakish adj.⁴In quot. 1821 at main sense reduplicated (with variation of initial consonant, probably after weak adj.), in imitation of childish speech.

Frequently colloquial and regional.

Sickly; feeble, puny; showing signs of poor health, fatigue, or undernourishment. Cf. peaking adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased

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souffrante1827

run-down1831

sicklied1835

addle1844

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mean1845

dauncy1846

stricken1846

peakyish1853

po'ly1860

pindling1861

rough1882

rocky1883

suffering1885

wabbit1895

icky-boo1920

like death warmed up1924

icky1938

ropy1945

crappy1956

hanging1971

sick as a parrot1982

shite1987

1821 M. Edgeworth Let. 23 Oct. (1971) 240 Poor young Worthington himself is rather peeky-weakee. He has a sore throat.

1853 [see peakyish adj. at Derivatives].

a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) I. iii. 64 From being a plump, bright, merry..child, I became thin, pale and peaky.

1873 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera III. xxvi. 16 A poor peeky, little sprouting crocus.

1935 E. Bowen House in Paris ii. i. 89 In this and other ways he was unlike one's idea of an Irish landowner; he looked despondent and peaky, and lacked gusto.

1942 Times 2 Sept. 3/2 The cars are surrounded by pale, peeky children, many of whom lost their toes through frostbite.

1961 C. Vyvyan Arctic Adventure xi. 64 A tired little woman sits in a rocking chair with a peaky infant on her lap.

1993 Independent 22 Feb. 19/5 He looked about 18, peaky and undernourished, but as it turned out he was in his mid-twenties and had three children.

Compounds

peaky-faced adj.

ΚΠ

1870 Good Words Apr. 287 Give me a nice fresh colour, with good curly hair and whiskers, and eyes like sloes, and anybody may have the peaky-faced, yellow-haired gentlemen for me.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 12 May 11/2 A peaky-faced boy of about nine.

1996 Sunday Times (Nexis) 18 Feb. The raggedy, peaky-faced children..scrambling over the still unfilled bomb craters of post-war London.

Derivatives

ˈpeakyish adj. rare slightly unwell.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased

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sickc888

unwholec888

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stricken1846

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rocky1883

suffering1885

wabbit1895

icky-boo1920

like death warmed up1924

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crappy1956

hanging1971

sick as a parrot1982

shite1987

1853 ‘C. Bede’ Adventures Mr. Verdant Green viii. 75 Peakyish you feel, don't you?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	peaky
释义	peakyadj.¹ Brit. /ˈpiːki/, U.S. /ˈpiki/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peak n.², -y suffix¹. Etymology: < peak n.² + -y suffix¹. 1. a. Of a mountain range, etc.: characterized by peaks; having many peaks. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill or mountain > [adjective] > pointed nolleda1398 tricoryphean1816 peaky1821 1821 Times 16 Aug. 3/3 The magnificent and peaky range of the Wicklow mountains. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Palace of Art (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 143 Hills with peaky tops engrail'd. 1858 Chambers's Jrnl. 10 227 The sun approached the edge of the peaky horizon. 1952 Geografiska Annaler 34 2 He explains regions with peaky and irregular dead-ice moraine, as having been formed close to the margin of a disintegrating and dissolving glacier. 1992 P. Theroux Happy Isles Oceania xvii. 485 Now I was between a large peaky island and a small green islet. b. figurative. Characterized by sharp peaks or variations in amplitude, performance, demand, etc. ΚΠ 1905 Biometrika 4 206 The multimodal character of the discrete variates will disappear with the roughness of the handfuls, or have the peaky appearance of random sampling. 1944 P.O. Electr. Engineers' Jrnl. Jan. 112/1 The wave shape changes from approximately the sinusoidal form at ‘no load’ to a more peaky form on ‘full load’. 1973 Gramophone Jan. 1297/1 In the tone quality something..can sound uncomfortably white and uncovered, even shrill and peaky. 2000 N.Y. Times 14 May iii. 8/5 The outlook goes back to automotive fundamentals, which is a very peaky market. 2. Pointed; tapering to a peak. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] piked1269 pointedc1325 sharp1340 peakedc1350 pricked?a1425 sharp-pointed1530 acuatea1550 piquant1549 picked1552 corned?c1562 arrow-headed1567 acuminated1578 pointing1578 acute1598 exasperated1608 spitted1626 pointy1644 sagittal1656 pecked1662 piqued1689 spired1694 piky1741 spiky1743 spiry1777 apexed1813 beak-shaped1830 peaky1832 apiculated1839 cusped1888 sagittiform1895 cuspate1896 1832 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 2 June 138/1 What had lately been the solid surface of the lake was now gathered in a large glacier of peaky fragments at the bottom. 1869 A. Macdonald Story Disputed Settlem. (1877) 47 (E.D.D.) A..face, with a peaky little bit of a nose. 1878 Lady Burton Arabia xii. 270 The Konkanis [wear] peaky slippers. 1923 Times 21 Nov. 15/5 The general aspect of the dog was that of a very chastened spaniel with a rather peaky nose. 1969 Sun (Sydney) 11 Mar. 258 The ears were triangular, more peaky than a 'roo's, and it would twitch them backward and forward. Compounds peaky blinder n. British (now historical) a member of a group of hooligans active in the Birmingham area in the late 1890s, distinguished by wearing a peaked cap pulled down over the forehead to hide the face. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > person > distinguished by specific item of clothing peaky blinder1890 leather-jacket1959 1890 Aberdeen Weekly Jrnl. 16 Apr. 3/5 A young man named Eastwood was murderously assaulted by a number of members of a gang known as the Small Heath ‘Peaky Blinders’. 1896 Birmingham Daily Argus 17 Nov. 2/3 Is there..any Volunteer officer who will come down and captain a company of budding ‘peaky blinders’? 1898 Daily News 22 Oct. 2/5 The woman..saw the two ‘peaky blinders’ leaving on Thursday morning. 1971 B. Sleigh Smell of Privet x. 82 A mission in..Birmingham which took in some of the notorious Peaky Blinders. 1999 D. Haslam Manchester, Eng. ii. 48 In other cities at the time other groups of aggressive working-class lads were labelled, like the London ‘hooligans’ or the ‘peaky blinders’ of Birmingham. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). peakyadj.² Brit. /ˈpiːki/, U.S. /ˈpiki/ Forms: 1800s– peaky, 1800s– peeky, 1800s– picky (English regional (south-west midlands and south-western)). Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peak v.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently < peak v.¹ (compare sense 3 at that entry) + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier peaking adj. 2, peaked adj.², and slightly later peakish adj.⁴In quot. 1821 at main sense reduplicated (with variation of initial consonant, probably after weak adj.), in imitation of childish speech. Frequently colloquial and regional. Sickly; feeble, puny; showing signs of poor health, fatigue, or undernourishment. Cf. peaking adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased untrumc825 sickc888 unwholec888 slackc897 unstronga900 sicklea1000 sam-halea1023 worseOE attaint1303 languishinga1325 heallessc1374 sicklyc1374 sicklewa1387 bada1393 mishalea1400 languoring?c1425 distempered1440 unwell?c1450 detent?a1475 poora1475 languorousc1475 maladif1481 illa1500 maladiousc1500 wanthriven1508 attainted1509 unsound1513 acrazed1521 cracked1527 unsoundya1529 visited1537 infirmed1552 crazed1555 healthless1568 ill-liking1572 afflicted1574 crazy1576 unhealthful1580 sickish1581 valetudinary1581 not well1587 fainty1590 ill-disposed1596 unhealthsome1598 tainted1600 ill-affected1604 peaking1611 unhealthy1611 infirmited1616 disaffected1626 physical1633 illish1637 pimping1640 invalid1642 misaffected1645 valetudinarious1648 unhale1653 badly1654 unwholesome1655 valetudinous1655 morbulent1656 off the hooksa1658 mawkish1668 morbid1668 unthriven1680 unsane1690 ailing1716 not wellish1737 underlya1742 poorly1750 indifferent1753 comical1755 maladized1790 sober1808 sickened1815 broken-down1816 peaky1821 poorlyish1827 souffrante1827 run-down1831 sicklied1835 addle1844 shaky1844 mean1845 dauncy1846 stricken1846 peakyish1853 po'ly1860 pindling1861 rough1882 rocky1883 suffering1885 wabbit1895 icky-boo1920 like death warmed up1924 icky1938 ropy1945 crappy1956 hanging1971 sick as a parrot1982 shite1987 1821 M. Edgeworth Let. 23 Oct. (1971) 240 Poor young Worthington himself is rather peeky-weakee. He has a sore throat. 1853 [see peakyish adj. at Derivatives]. a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) I. iii. 64 From being a plump, bright, merry..child, I became thin, pale and peaky. 1873 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera III. xxvi. 16 A poor peeky, little sprouting crocus. 1935 E. Bowen House in Paris ii. i. 89 In this and other ways he was unlike one's idea of an Irish landowner; he looked despondent and peaky, and lacked gusto. 1942 Times 2 Sept. 3/2 The cars are surrounded by pale, peeky children, many of whom lost their toes through frostbite. 1961 C. Vyvyan Arctic Adventure xi. 64 A tired little woman sits in a rocking chair with a peaky infant on her lap. 1993 Independent 22 Feb. 19/5 He looked about 18, peaky and undernourished, but as it turned out he was in his mid-twenties and had three children. Compounds peaky-faced adj. ΚΠ 1870 Good Words Apr. 287 Give me a nice fresh colour, with good curly hair and whiskers, and eyes like sloes, and anybody may have the peaky-faced, yellow-haired gentlemen for me. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 12 May 11/2 A peaky-faced boy of about nine. 1996 Sunday Times (Nexis) 18 Feb. The raggedy, peaky-faced children..scrambling over the still unfilled bomb craters of post-war London. Derivatives ˈpeakyish adj. rare slightly unwell. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased untrumc825 sickc888 unwholec888 slackc897 unstronga900 sicklea1000 sam-halea1023 worseOE attaint1303 languishinga1325 heallessc1374 sicklyc1374 sicklewa1387 bada1393 mishalea1400 languoring?c1425 distempered1440 unwell?c1450 detent?a1475 poora1475 languorousc1475 maladif1481 illa1500 maladiousc1500 wanthriven1508 attainted1509 unsound1513 acrazed1521 cracked1527 unsoundya1529 visited1537 infirmed1552 crazed1555 healthless1568 ill-liking1572 afflicted1574 crazy1576 unhealthful1580 sickish1581 valetudinary1581 not well1587 fainty1590 ill-disposed1596 unhealthsome1598 tainted1600 ill-affected1604 peaking1611 unhealthy1611 infirmited1616 disaffected1626 physical1633 illish1637 pimping1640 invalid1642 misaffected1645 valetudinarious1648 unhale1653 badly1654 unwholesome1655 valetudinous1655 morbulent1656 off the hooksa1658 mawkish1668 morbid1668 unthriven1680 unsane1690 ailing1716 not wellish1737 underlya1742 poorly1750 indifferent1753 comical1755 maladized1790 sober1808 sickened1815 broken-down1816 peaky1821 poorlyish1827 souffrante1827 run-down1831 sicklied1835 addle1844 shaky1844 mean1845 dauncy1846 stricken1846 peakyish1853 po'ly1860 pindling1861 rough1882 rocky1883 suffering1885 wabbit1895 icky-boo1920 like death warmed up1924 icky1938 ropy1945 crappy1956 hanging1971 sick as a parrot1982 shite1987 1853 ‘C. Bede’ Adventures Mr. Verdant Green viii. 75 Peakyish you feel, don't you? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹1821adj.²1821
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Compounds

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Compounds

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