Both Uses of
peevish
in
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- No, trust me; she is peevish, sullen, froward, Proud, disobedient, stubborn, lacking duty; Neither regarding that she is my child Nor fearing me as if I were her father; And, may I say to thee, this pride of hers, Upon advice, hath drawn my love from her; And, where I thought the remnant of mine age Should have been cherish'd by her childlike duty, I now am full resolv'd to take a wife And turn her out to who will take her in.†
Scene 3.1
- Why, this it is to be a peevish girl That flies her fortune when it follows her.†
Scene 5.2 *
Definition:
annoyed or easily annoyed -- especially by unimportant things