peakling

English

Etymology

Probably related to peaky.

Adjective

peakling (comparative more peakling, superlative most peakling)

1. (Mississippi) Sickly.
   • 1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, published 1985, page 13:

     Jewel's eyes look like pale wood in his high-blooded face. He is a head taller than any of the rest of us, always was. I told them that's why ma always whipped him and petted him more. Because he was peakling around the house more.

Anagrams

• lepaking