peachy.
Resembling a peach, peach-like.
Meaning & usage
Resembling a peach, peach-like.
peachy cheeks
Although this is an apricot pie, it tastes peachy.
Very good, excellent, typically used sarcastically to indicate a state of misery, resentment or great frustration.
Oh, life is just peachy now that winter has come, it’s snowing all the time, and I’m freezing my backside off.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin persicus Latin persicum Late Latin persica Vulgar Latin *pessica Old French peschebor. Middle English peche English peach Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English peachy From peach + -y.
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