peaked
adjective
[ piːkt ]
• having a peak.
• "a peaked cap"
peaked
adjective
• gaunt and pale from illness or fatigue.
• "you do look a little peaked"
peak
verb
• reach a highest point, either of a specified value or at a specified time.
• "the disease peaked in summer"
Similar:
reach its highest point,
reach the high point,
climax,
reach a climax,
come to a climax,
culminate,
reach the zenith,
come to a head,
Origin:
mid 16th century: probably a back-formation from peaked, variant of dialect picked ‘pointed’.
peak
verb
• decline in health and spirits; waste away.
• "she sat all day, peaking and pining, at the fire-side"
Origin:
early 17th century: of unknown origin.
