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peevish (adjective), more peevish, most peevish
1. Relating to a person who feels cross, fretful, or who complains: Jenifer's young girl was a peevish child when she was told it was time to go to bed when there were visitors in the evening.
2. A reference to someone who is irritable, grouchy, or cranky: Michael's mother gets peevish when she is kept waiting for him to get dressed for school so he can catch the bus on time.
3. Etymology: from Latin perversus, "turned the wrong way, distorted, perverse" from pervertere, "to turn around".
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2. A reference to someone who is irritable, grouchy, or cranky: Michael's mother gets peevish when she is kept waiting for him to get dressed for school so he can catch the bus on time.
3. Etymology: from Latin perversus, "turned the wrong way, distorted, perverse" from pervertere, "to turn around".
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