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(pēc̸h)

noun

a small prunus tree (Prunus persica) with lance-shaped leaves, pink flowers, and round, juicy, orange-yellow or pinkish-yellow fruit having a fuzzy skin and a single, rough pit
its fruit
the orange-yellow or pinkish-yellow color of this fruit
Slang any person or thing that is very good or is well liked

Origin: ME peche < OFr pesche < VL persica < pl. of L persicum < Persicum (malum), Persian (apple)

transitive verb

Obsolete to name in an indictment; impeach

Origin: ME pechen, aphetic for apechen, via Anglo-Fr < OFr empechier, impeach

intransitive verb

Slang to give evidence against another; turn informer

See peach in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A small Chinese tree (Prunus persica) widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.
b. The soft juicy fruit of this tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured stone containing a single seed.
A light moderate to strong yellowish pink to light orange.
Informal A particularly admirable or pleasing person or thing.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English peche

Origin: , from Old French, a peach

Origin: , from Latin persica, peach tree

Origin: , from Greek persikē

Origin: , from

Origin: feminine of Persikos, Persian; see perse

verb peached, peach·ing, peach·es

verb, intransitive

To inform on someone; turn informer: “Middle-level bureaucrats cravenly peach on their bosses [when] one of them does something the tiniest bit illegal” (National Observer).

verb, transitive

To inform against: “He has peached me and all the others, to save his life” (Daniel Defoe).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English pechen

Origin: , from apechen, to accuse (probably from Anglo-Norman *anpecher, from Late Latin impedicāre, to entangle; see impeach)

Origin: and from empechen, to accuse; see impeach

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