pease

American  

[peez] / piz /

noun

Archaic.

plural

pease, peasen

1. a pea.

2. British Dialect. a plural of pea.

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pease British  

/ piːz /

noun

1. an archaic or dialect word for pea

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Other Word Forms

• peaselike adjective

Etymology

Origin of pease

before 900; Middle English pese, Old English peose, pise < Late Latin pisa feminine singular use of plural of Latin pisum (neuter) < Greek píson pea, pulse

Example Sentences

This relief usually consisted of potted beef and pease pudding; items that, given the limited capacity for long-term food storage in the 19th century, had some chance of surviving the journey between islands.

From Time • Sep. 27, 2017

Before you grow indignant, ask yourself this: do you weep at the cherry, a singular derived from the singular cheris; or at the pea, long ago conjured from the singular pease?

From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2016

When I realised Greggs no longer sold ham and pease pudding stotties I thought: 'Is this what it has come to?'

From The Guardian • Oct. 27, 2010

From then until "Teapot Dome" there was comparative pease.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was black bread and honeycakes and oaten biscuits; there were turnips and pease and beets, beans and squash and huge red onions; there were baked apples and berry tarts and pears poached in strongwine.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin