Associations to the word «Peaked»

Wiktionary

PEAKED, adjective. Having a peak or peaks.
PEAKED, adjective. Sickly-looking, peaky.
PEAKED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of peak

Dictionary definition

PEAKED, adjective. Somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work".
PEAKED, adjective. Having or rising to a peak; "the peaked ceiling"; "the island's peaked hills".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats