peachy

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16
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16
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6
Pronunciation
/ˈpiːt͡ʃi/

Definition of peachy

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Resembling a peach, peach-like.
    “peachy cheeks”
    “Although this is an apricot pie, it tastes peachy.”
    “Young Fledgeby had a peachy cheek, or a cheek compounded of the peach and the red red red wall on which it grows, and was an awkward, sandy-haired, small-eyed youth, exceeding slim (his enemies would have said lanky), and prone to self-examination in the articles of whisker and moustache.”
    “[…] she had deep, tender eyes, with long, curved lashes; and she had peachy cheeks, and a dimpled chin, and such a dear little dewy rosebud of a mouth; and she was so dove-like, so pure, and so gracious, so sweet and bewitching.”
    ““If I am not well-informed it shall be by no fault of my own,” she would say to herself through the tears that would occasionally glide down her peachy cheeks when she was fairly baffled by the portentous obscurity of many of these educational works.”
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adj

  1. Resembling a peach, peach-like.
    “peachy cheeks”
    “Although this is an apricot pie, it tastes peachy.”
    “Young Fledgeby had a peachy cheek, or a cheek compounded of the peach and the red red red wall on which it grows, and was an awkward, sandy-haired, small-eyed youth, exceeding slim (his enemies would have said lanky), and prone to self-examination in the articles of whisker and moustache.”
    “[…] she had deep, tender eyes, with long, curved lashes; and she had peachy cheeks, and a dimpled chin, and such a dear little dewy rosebud of a mouth; and she was so dove-like, so pure, and so gracious, so sweet and bewitching.”
    ““If I am not well-informed it shall be by no fault of my own,” she would say to herself through the tears that would occasionally glide down her peachy cheeks when she was fairly baffled by the portentous obscurity of many of these educational works.”
  2. (colloquial)Very good, excellent, typically used sarcastically to indicate a state of misery, resentment or great frustration.
    “Oh, life is just peachy now that winter has come, it’s snowing all the time, and I’m freezing my backside off.”
    “Everything's peachy as Apple restores emoji's 'bum' features [title]”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s)bor. Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs)der. Late Latin Persa Late Latin persicus Late Latin persicum Late Latin persica Vulgar Latin *pessica Old French peschebor. Middle English peche English peach Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English peachy From peach + -y.

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