All 4 Uses
peevish
in
The Life and Death of King Richard III
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- Did York's dread curse prevail so much with heaven That Henry's death, my lovely Edward's death, Their kingdom's loss, my woeful banishment, Should all but answer for that peevish brat?†
Scene 1.3 *
- Fie, what an indirect and peevish course Is this of hers?†
Scene 3.1
- I do remember me:—Henry the Sixth Did prophesy that Richmond should be king, When Richmond was a little peevish boy.†
Scene 4.2
- Therefore, dear mother,—I must call you so,—Be the attorney of my love to her: Plead what I will be, not what I have been; Not my deserts, but what I will deserve: Urge the necessity and state of times, And be not peevish found in great designs.†
Scene 4.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(peevish) annoyed or easily annoyed -- especially by unimportant things
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)