English search results for: peevish

#1

adjective

Definitions:

  1. harsh, severe
  2. impudent
  3. peevish, irritable
  • Age: Medieval (11th-15th centuries)
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: L.F. Stelten, “Dictionary of Eccles. Latin”, 1995 (Ecc)
#2

adjective

Definitions:

  1. somewhat peevish
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Charles Beard, “Cassell’s Latin Dictionary”, 1892 (CAS)
#3

adjective

Definitions:

  1. somewhat peevish
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Charles Beard, “Cassell’s Latin Dictionary”, 1892 (CAS)
#4

verb

  • conjugation: 1st conjugation
  • voice: deponent

Definitions:

  1. be morose/peevish
  2. be weary (Souter)
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)