peerie
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɪəɹi
Adjective edit
peerie (comparative peerier, superlative peeriest)
Noun edit
peerie (plural peeries)
Scots edit
Etymology 1 edit
Unknown.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
peerie (comparative peerier, superlative peeriest)
Usage notes edit
- In modern Orcadian Scots, peedie gradually replaces this term.
Derived terms edit
- Peerie Sea (a placename, literally “little sea”)
- peerie folk (fairies, literally “little folk”)
Etymology 2 edit
From peer (“pear”) + -ie, due to the resemblance of some spinning tops to pears.
Noun edit
peerie (plural peeries)
- A spinning top.
Descendants edit
- → English: peery
References edit
- “peerie” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- Flaws, Margaret, Lamb, Gregor (1996) The Orkney Dictionary, Kirkwall, Orkney: Orkney Language and Culture Group, published 2001, →ISBN