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)

(colloquial, British) mildly hungry
Synonyms: snackish, snacky

After that run, I'm feeling a bit peckish.
(colloquial) irritable; crotchety

Translations

mildly hungry

Bulgarian: гладен (bg) (gladen)
Catalan: afamat (ca) m
Czech: (trochu) hladový (cs)
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.