Peer"ess, n. The wife of a peer; a woman ennobled in her own right, or
by right of marriage.
{ Peer"ie, Peer"y } (?), a. [See 1st Peer, 2.] Inquisitive; suspicious;
sharp. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] "Two peery gray eyes." Sir W. Scott.
Peer"less (?), a. Having no peer or equal; matchless; superlative. "Her
peerless feature." Shak.
Unvailed her peerless light.
Milton.
--Peer"less*ly, adv. -- Peer"less*ness, n.
Peert (?), a. Same as Peart.
Peer"weet (?), n. Same as Pewit (a & b).
Pee"vish (?), a. [OE. pevische; of uncertain origin, perh. from a word
imitative of the noise made by fretful children + -ish.] 1. Habitually
fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain;
querulous; petulant. "Her peevish babe." Wordsworth.
She is peevish, sullen, froward.
Shak.
2. Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable
dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer.