10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEEVISH»
Discover the use of
peevish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
peevish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Works of William Shakespeare
396. peevish appears to have generally signified, during Shakespeare's days, "
silly, foolish, trifling,'' &c. ; and such would seem to be its import in the greater
number of the following passages, though, no doubt. the word was formerly used
to ...
William Shakespeare, Alexander Dyce, 1867
2
Godly and Righteous,
Peevish and Perverse: Clergy and ...
Godly and Righteous, Peevish and Perverse presents an extraordinary and motley collection of literary and real life characters sharing a common role and a common status, yet capable of every human strength and foible.
Raymond Chapman, Raymond Chapman, 2002
3
KOKO - The
Peevish Caterpillar:
Ercan Dinçer İbrahim Dinçer.
Ercan Dinçer, İbrahim Dinçer
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The plays and poems of William Shakspeare
My man's abode where I did leave him : he Is strange and peevish 9. The want, in
the original MS. of the letter I have supplied, perhaps occasioned the
interpolation of the word — desire. Steevens» » — he Is strange and peevish.] He
is a ...
William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, 1821
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Transactions of the Philological Society
(2) The act of quarreling in a peevish manner. N yarban has the same meaning.
N YARBIN', a. fretful; peevish. NYARG, n. a continual finding fault in a peevish
manner; peevish quarrelling. N YARG, an. (1) to find fault with in a peevish, fretful
...
Philological Society (London), 1865
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The Dialect of Banffshire: With a Glossary of Words Not in ...
(2) The act of quarreling in a peevish manner. N 3/urban has the same meaning.
N YARBIN', a. fretful; peevish. NYARG, n. a continual finding fault in a peevish
manner; peevish quarrelling. NYARG, an. (1) to find fault with in a peevish, fretful
...
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Transactions of the Philological Society
(2) The act of quarreling in a peevish manner. Nyarban has the same meaning.
Nyarbin', a. fretful ; peevish. Nyarg, n. a continual finding fault in a peevish
manner ; peevish quarrelling. Nyarg, v.n. (1) to find fault with in a peevish, fretful
manner ...
Philological Society (Great Britain), 1866
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The Pathogenic Cyclopaedia: A Systematic Arrangement and ...
Peevish humour. Disposition to criticize and utter reproaches in the morning or
evening. Extreme peevishness and impatience. Disposition to censoriousness in
the morning, followed by depression in the afternoon. Rhus toxicodendron.
Robert Ellis Dudgeon, 1850
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House of Fun: 20 Glorious Years in Parliament
Mr Peevish woke up in a bad temper. Mr Peevish always woke up in a bad
temper. Nothing ever pleased Mr Peevish. 'My toast is not inconsiderably cold,
Mrs Peevish,' he said to his wife. Later, the prime ministerial car came to pick Mr ...
Shall a peevish sound, A customary form, from.man to man, Of brother and of
sister, be a bar 'Twixt my perpetual happiness and me ?" Peevish — i. e.
Perverse — contrary to my wishes. lb. Act 5, scene 3. Giovanni says to the Friar,
who has ...
Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths, 1812
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEEVISH»
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peevish is used in the context of the following news items.
Failure is an integral component of success
I experienced a failure this week (no, I'm not going to tell you what it was), and I was feeling a little peevish until I remembered that Commodore ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»
All Hail, the Falstaff of Hudson County!
But that judgment in the end is never of a peevish or hypocritical, unkind or ivory tower kind. There is always an abiding good-heartedness ... «PolitickerNJ, Jul 15»
How to look at Los Angeles: A conversation with DJ Waldie, Lynell …
His view looks peevish and trivial. It isn't. Historian Kevin Starr, observing the state in "Coast of Dreams: California on the Edge, 1990-2003," ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
Scalia's attitude vexing
... worse – pass around his insults at cocktail parties like Wildean witticisms, they'll encourage a new generation of peevish, callous scoffers. «Youngstown Vindicator, Jul 15»
Don't let peevish behavior tie you up in litigation
Nobody likes a serial litigator, but don't fall into the trap of punishing an employee for repeatedly filing lawsuits. The hazard: If a supervisor ... «Business Management Daily, Jul 15»
A Writ Against Crit Lit
... University, much to the annoyance of the peevish English department, which won't assign any graduate TA's to Morson's courses. His article ... «Power Line, Jul 15»
The Top 5 Comic Book, TV, and Movie Minions
No, not those little yellow creatures who appear in the Despicable Me animated film franchise—the peevish, fawning and often duplicitous ... «Comicbook.com, Jul 15»
A Choleric Christian
None of Christie's adjectives, from “acerbic” to “peevish,” quite captures the sour sanctimony that comes across in Politico's telling of this story. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
Book review: French princesses are pawns in a novel by Chantal …
In time, the child's protectors die, she wilts under Louis' disdain and becomes peevish, wretched and despised by the public. An air of doom, ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
The Strange, Unsettling Fiction of James Purdy
These stories were, he claimed, “always returned with angry, peevish, indignant rejections from the New York slick magazines, and they earned ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
