ackie-peevie
Scots edit
Etymology edit
Evidently a hybrid formed on the model of aqua vitæ, peeve = whisky, among Gypsies of Gall., Per., Arg.
Noun edit
ackie-peevie (uncountable)
References edit
- “ackie-peevie, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.