Hypertext Webster Gateway: "peckish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peckish \Peck"ish\, a.
Inclined to eat; hungry. [Colloq.] ``When shall I feel
peckish again?'' --Beaconsfield.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
peckish
adj 1: (British) 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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