peery
/pˈiɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That tends to peer; prying, inquisitive, curious.
adj
Of or pertaining to peers or the peerage.
noun
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
From peer + -y.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more peery (comparative)
peerier (comparative)
most peery (superlative)
peeriest (superlative)
peeries (plural)
Peerys (plural)