peckish \peck"ish\, a.
Inclined to eat; hungry. [Colloq.] "When shall I feel peckish
again?" --Beaconsfield.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
peckish
adj 1: somewhat hungry
2: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious
young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
[syn: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish,
pettish, petulant, testy, tetchy, techy]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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