Definition of Peckish

1. Adjective. Somewhat hungry.


2. Adjective. Easily irritated or annoyed. "Not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

Definition of Peckish

1. a. Inclined to eat; hungry.

Definition of Peckish

1. Adjective. (colloquial) mildly hungry1860. John Camden Hotten. ''[ A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words]'' page 188. ¹

2. Adjective. (colloquial) irritable; crotchety ¹

3. Adjective. (colloquial) Of or pertaining to Peckham, a place in Southwark London. ¹

4. Adjective. (colloquial) Native to Peckham. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Peckish

1. irritable [adj] - See also: irritable

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peckish

pecked
peckers
peckerwood
peckerwood sawmill
peckerwoods
peckes
peckier
peckiest
pecking
pecking order
peckingly
peckings
peckish (current term)
peckishly
peckled
pecks
pecksniffian
pecky
pecopteris
pecora
pecoraite
pecorini
pecorino
pecorinos
pecs
pectase
pectases

Literary usage of Peckish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"Seeing these nobs grubbing away has made me peckish too. 1860. ... I feel a bit peckish, don't you ? We might have a bit of lunch here. ..."

2. The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"Pek" was meat, —we still say " peckish," when hungry. " peckish" is though more likely to be derived from the action of birds when eating, as all slang has ..."

3. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1845)
"How terribly peckish I am, to be sure ! Ah ! there 's Garten's. There are the lions, ... I 'm so peckish—so hungry, I mean." " Hungry, are you ? ..."

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