- 2. Clear, pure, translucent, limpid, pellucid.
Peasant, n. Rustic, countryman, hind, swain, clown, laborer.
Peasant, a. Rustic, rural.
Peasantlike, Peasantly, a. Rude, clownish, illiterate.
Peasantry, n. Laborers, peasants, rustics, hinds, lowest agricultural class.
Pebble, n.
- 1. Stone (of small size), pebble-stone.
- 2. (In jewelry.) Agate.
- 3. (Among opticians.) Colorless rock-crystal, quartz, pure silica.
Pebble-stone, n. Pebble.
Peccability, n. Frailty, infirmity, weakness, liability to sin.
Peccable, a. Frail, weak, imperfect, erring, sinning, liable to sin.
Peccadillo, n. Petty fault, slight offence, petty trespass, slight crime.
Peccant, a.
- 1. Sinning, erring, guilty, criminal.
- 2. Morbid, malignant, corrupting, corroding, bad, corrupt, unhealthy.
- 3. Wrong, incorrect, bad, defective, informal.
Peccary, n. Mexican hog, tajaçu (Dicotyles torquatus).
Peculate, v. n. Embezzle, appropriate criminally, steal, pilfer, rob, defraud.
Peculation, n. Embezzlement, pilfering, theft.
Peculiar, a.
- 1. That specially pertains, that belongs exclusively, one’s own, appropriate, proper.
- 2. Singular, characteristic, exceptional, rare, striking, unusual, uncommon, eccentric, odd, extraordinary,
strange, queer.
- 3. Special, select, particular, individual, especial, specific.