A peach is a soft, round fruit with fuzzy skin, sweet juicy flesh, and a hard pit in the center. Informally, calling someone “a peach” means they are very kind or pleasant.
“Peach” comes from Old French *pesche*, from Latin *persicum* (“Persian [apple]”), because the fruit was thought to come from Persia (modern Iran). The name remembers the path the fruit took as it traveled to Europe.
Try Another Word