PEAKY

peaky, spiky

(adjective) having or as if having especially high-pitched spots; “absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

peaky (comparative peakier, superlative peakiest)

Sickly; peaked.

Characterised by peaks.

Source: Wiktionary


Peak"y, a.

1. Having a peak or peaks. Tennyson.

2. Sickly; peaked. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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