peckish

English

Etymology

From peck (verb) +‎ -ish. From late 18th century.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛk.ɪʃ/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈpek.ɪʃ/

Adjective

peckish (comparative more peckish, superlative most peckish)

1. (colloquial, British) mildly hungry

   Synonyms: snackish, snacky

   After that run, I'm feeling a bit peckish.

2. (colloquial) irritable; crotchety

Translations

mildly hungry

• Bulgarian: гладен (bg) (gladen)
• Catalan: afamat (ca) m
• Danish: brødflov (da), sulten (da)
• Esperanto: malsateta
• German: hungrig (de), leicht hungrig, etwas hungrig, ein wenig hungrig
• Icelandic: svangur (is) m
• Maltese: b’ftit guh m
• Polish: głodnawy
• Russian: проголодавшийся (ru) (progolodavšijsja)
• Spanish: apetente

irritable

• Danish: irritabel
• German: reizbar (de), nervös (de), launig (de), nörglerisch
• Portuguese: irritadiço (pt) m
• Russian: раздражи́тельный (ru) (razdražítelʹnyj)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} affamé (fr), ^{(please verify)} avoir la dent (fr)
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} fysen

References

• 1860. John Camden Hotten. A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words page 188.