peaked

¹

[pee-kid]

adjective

1. pale and drawn in appearance so as to suggest illness or stress; wan and sickly.

peaked

²

[peekt, pee-kid]

adjective

1. having a peak.

   a peaked cap.

peaked

/ piːkt /

adjective

1. having a peak; pointed

Other Word Forms

• peakedly adverb
• peakedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of peaked¹

peak ² + -ed ²

Origin of peaked²

First recorded in 1400–50, peaked is from the late Middle English word pekyd; peak ¹, -ed ³

Example Sentences

By 2022, women working full time and year-round peaked at making 84 cents on the dollar compared with men, census data show.

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Treasury bonds, despite the fact that Bank of America’s global fund manager survey revealed institutions are running the largest underweight of bonds since October 2022, around the time inflation peaked.

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North Sea oil and gas production peaked in 1999 but it has fallen dramatically since then, with the UK now producing more electricity via renewable sources than it does through fossil fuels.

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Cocoa futures peaked last December near $12,565 a metric ton.

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“Tainted Love” peaked at No. 8 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in 1982.

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