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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
peevish/ˈpiːvɪʃ/
▶adjective irritable.
– derivatives
peevishly adverb,
peevishness noun.
peevishly adverb,
peevishness noun.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘perverse, coy’): of unknown origin.
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