peepy, a. dial. and colloq.
(ˈpiːpɪ)
[f. peep v.2 or n.2 + -y.]
a. Drowsy, sleepy. (Cf. peep v.2 1 b.) b. Characterized by peeping.
| 1833 Chambers's Edin. Jrnl. 5 Jan. 385/1 He is then a poor, peepy wretch, with blear eyes. Ibid. 27 Apr. 97/3 The contrast..between the meaning of the words, and the poor, peepy..voice in which they are given. 1847–78 Halliwell, Peepy, sleepy, drowsy. Go to peepy⁓by, i.e. to sleep. Var. dial. 1896 Snowden Web of Weaver 8 (E.D.D.), With long waiting we fell peepy. 1898 M. P. Shiel Yellow Danger 150 Peepy little bewitching eyes. 1939 N. Marsh Overture to Death xii. 117 It was the pot-boy, very tousled and peepy, and accompanied by a gust of stale beer. Alleyn thought that he looked like all pot-boys at dawn throughout time and space. |