AskDefine | Define peckish

Dictionary Definition

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]

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English

Etymology

From peck; literally “inclined to peck.”

Adjective

peckish (colloquial)

Translations

mildly hungry
  • German: hungrig
  • Russian: голодный
irritable
  • Russian: раздражительный
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