peakish

From peak +‎ -ish.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːkɪʃ/

peakish (comparative more peakish, superlative most peakish) (archaic)

1. (colloquial) Of or relating to a peak or peaks; belonging to a mountainous region.
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC:

     her peakish spring

   • 1646, Jos[eph] Hall, The Balme of Gilead: Or, Comforts for the Distressed, both Morall and Divine. […], London: […] M[iles] Flesher, for Nat[haniel] Butter, →OCLC:

     his peakish dialect

2. (colloquial) Having peaks; peaked.
3. (colloquial) sick; sickly

   Synonym: peaky

• “peakish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.