Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
That tends to peer; prying, inquisitive, curious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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adj
Of or pertaining to peers or the peerage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
spinning top
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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History
From peer + -y.
Etymology tree Vulgar Latin pirabor. Proto-West Germanic *peru Old English pere Middle English pere Scots peer Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y Scots -ie Scots peeriebor. English peery Borrowed from Scots peerie.
