PEAR-SHAPED
Pear"-shaped`, a.
Defn: Of the form of a pear.
PEART
Peart, a. Etym: [A variant of pert, a.]
Defn: Active; lively; brisk; smart; — often applied to convalescents; as, she is quite peart to-day. [O. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] There was a tricksy girl, I wot, albeit clad in gray, As peart as bird, as straight as bolt, as fresh as flowers in May. Warner (1592).
PEASANT Peas"ant, n. Etym: [OF. païsant (the i being perh. due to confusion with the p.pr. of verbs), païsan, F. paysan, fr. OF. & F. pays country, fr. L. pagus the country. See Pagan.]
Defn: A countryman; a rustic; especially, one of the lowest class of tillers of the soil in European countries.
Syn.
— Countryman; rustic; swain; hind.
PEASANT
Peas"ant, a.
Defn: Rustic, rural. Spenser.
PEASANTLIKE
Peas"ant*like`, a.