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peaky en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈpiːki/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From peak + -y.

Meanings

1. Sickly; peaked.
   • Her appetite did not improve, however, and she looked very thin and peaky. 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, translated by Eileen Hall, Heidi, page 111:
2. Characterised by peaks.
   • A wide spread of possible outcomes will give a relatively flat distribution and so indicate a risky project. A narrow spread of results will give a very peaky graph and indicate a low risk project. 1994, John S. Hares, Duncan Royle, Measuring the value of information technology, page 176:
   • Or over hills with peaky tops engrail'd, / And many a tract of palm and rice, / The throne of Indian Cama slowly sail'd / A summer fann'd with spice. 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Palace of Art”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 143:

Forms

Deriveds

peakiness · peakily · peaky blinder · peakyish

Translations (9)

cs bledý (sickly) · cs neduživý (sickly) · bg отслабнал (sickly) · cs nemocný (sickly) · nl ziekelijk (sickly) · pl zmarniały (sickly) · ru измождённый (sickly) · pl mizerny (sickly) · pl blady (sickly)