Hypertext Webster Gateway: "peakish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peakish \Peak"ish\, a.
1. Of or relating to a peak; or to peaks; belonging to a
mountainous region. ``Her peakish spring.'' --Drayton.
``His peakish dialect.'' --Bp. Hall.
2. Having peaks; peaked.
3. Having features thin or sharp, as from sickness; hence,
sickly. [Colloq.]
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