Showing posts with label Peeve. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peeve. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Peeve


I made a stupid mistake, and so I was peeved. "Hey," I said, "where does that word come from?"

It's derived from the adjective peevish, which may come from the Latin past participle perversus. And it means to be irritable and upset.