PEE'VISH, adjective 1. Fretful; petulant; apt to mutter and complain; easily vexed or fretted; querulous; hard to please. She is peevish sullen, froward. 2. Expressing discontent and fretfulness. I will not presume To send such peevish tokens to a king. 3. Silly; childish.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI