peevishness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /-nɪs/ (Canada, US)
- /ˈpivɪʃnəs/ (Canada, US)
Etymology
From Middle English pevyshnesse, equivalent to peevish + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The state of being peevish.
Moreover, it were ungenerous, having bred thee up freakish and fiery, to dismiss thee to want or wandering, for shewing that very peevishness and impatience of discipline which arose from thy too delicate nurture.
1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 332:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| peevishnesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (22)
ru ворчли́вость (the state of being peevish) · ga aingíocht (the state of being peevish) · tr kıllık (the state of being peevish) · ga cianaí (the state of being peevish) · ga frichantal (the state of being peevish) · de Gereiztheit (the state of being peevish) · ga míchéadfa (the state of being peevish) · ru сварли́вость (the state of being peevish) · pl zirytowanie (the state of being peevish) · ga domlastacht (the state of being peevish) · it piccosità (the state of being peevish) · ga cantlamh (the state of being peevish) · ota خرچینلق (the state of being peevish) · la senium (the state of being peevish) · ga driuch (the state of being peevish) · de schlechte Laune (the state of being peevish) · gv neureeartys (the state of being peevish) · pl rozdrażnienie (the state of being peevish) · ga múisiam (the state of being peevish) · ga cantal (the state of being peevish) · la morositas (the state of being peevish) · ga aincis (the state of being peevish)