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peakish

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peak

2  [peek]
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–verb (used without object)
to become weak, thin, and sickly.
Origin:
1500–10; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
peakish, adjective
peak⋅ish⋅ly, adverb
peak⋅ish⋅ness, noun
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Word Origin & History

peak 
"pointed top," 1530, variant of pike (2) "sharp point." Meaning "top of a mountain" first recorded 1634, though pike was used in this sense c.1400. Figurative sense is 1784. Meaning "point formed by hair on the forehead" is from 1833. The verb is first recorded 1577, in sense of "to rise in a peak;" meaning "reach highest point" first recorded 1958. The Peak in Derbyshire is O.E. Peaclond, apparently a reference to elf-denizen Peac "Puck."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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