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pezm|at|ue|shm|ëri' nf [Book] irascibility, thin skin

pezu'l nm (Colloq) 1 windowsill 2 bench outside the door to a house 3 upper side of a wall 4 fireplace mantle 5 embankment to prevent overflow of water: levee 6 heap 7 [Old] mound of earth serving to mark land boundaries

pe'zull adv 1 suspended in the air 2 [Fig] up in the air, in abeyance, hanging in air, undecided 3 [Fig] dangling