Definition of "peakish" []

• Of or relating to a peak or peaks; belonging to a mountainous region. (adjective)
• Having peaks; peaked. (adjective)
• Having thin or sharp features, as from sickness; sickly; peaky. (adjective)

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• "The landlady and her daughter thought he was rather peakish, but he had not complained."
• "They were two old people of the country, and they sat together in the descending shadows of the day, quite like in garb and feature, their chins a little peakish, and the hairs of both turning gray."
• "“I’m not doing it if there’s blood,” Rose said, looking peakish."