Dictionary

peachy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈpiːt͡ʃi/

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin persicus Latin persicum Late Latin persica Vulgar Latin *pessica Old French peschebor. Middle English peche English peach Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English peachy From peach + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling a peach, peach-like.
   • “If I am not well-informed it shall be by no fault of my own,” she would say to herself through the tears that would occasionally glide down her peachy cheeks when she was fairly baffled by the portentous obscurity of many of these educational works. 1886 May, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge: The Life and Death of a Man of Character. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC:
   • “Mercy! If I had a husband whose business it was to look at women's beautiful eyes, peachy cheeks, and luxurious tresses, I should go crazy! […]” 1914, Eleanor H. Porter, Miss Billy Married:
   • Not quite nude, not quite pink, the peachy sheen is a pretty (and pretty easy) direction for summer. 2016 August 21, Eva Wiseman, “Summer lips with a peachy sheen”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • peachy cheeks
   • Young Fledgeby had a peachy cheek, or a cheek compounded of the peach and the red red red wall on which it grows, and was an awkward, sandy-haired, small-eyed youth, exceeding slim (his enemies would have said lanky), and prone to self-examination in the articles of whisker and moustache. 1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC:
   • Although this is an apricot pie, it tastes peachy.
   • […] she had deep, tender eyes, with long, curved lashes; and she had peachy cheeks, and a dimpled chin, and such a dear little dewy rosebud of a mouth; and she was so dove-like, so pure, and so gracious, so sweet and bewitching. 1880, Mark Twain [pseudonym] (Samuel L[anghorne] Clemens), chapter IX, in A Tramp Abroad; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 88:
2. (colloquial) Very good, excellent, typically used sarcastically to indicate a state of misery, resentment or great frustration.
   • Oh, life is just peachy now that winter has come, it’s snowing all the time, and I’m freezing my backside off.
   • Everything's peachy as Apple restores emoji's 'bum' features [title] 2016 November 16, Alex Hern, “Everything's peachy as Apple restores emoji's 'bum' features”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms

Deriveds

peachy keen · peachiness · peachily · impeachy

Translations (22)

it grandioso (very good) · af perskeagtig (like a peach) · is mjög (very good) · sv persikoaktig (like a peach) · cs báječný (very good) · cs skvělý (very good) · cs broskvový (like a peach) · sv finemang (very good) · de pfirsichähnlich (like a peach) · fi ihanaa (very good) · de toll (very good) · is vel (very good) · is perulega (like a peach) · sv finfin (very good) · sv toppen (very good) · de pfirsichartig (like a peach) · sv persikoliknande (like a peach) · he הַכֹּל דְּבַשׁ (very good) · sv persikolik (like a peach) · fi mahtavaa (very good) · de pfirsichhaft (like a peach) · de schick (very good)