peckish

English

Etymology

peck (verb) +‎ -ish

Pronunciation

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Adjective

peckish (comparative more peckish, superlative most peckish)

(colloquial) mildly hungry[1]
(colloquial) irritable; crotchety
(colloquial) Of or pertaining to Peckham, a place in Southwark London.
(colloquial) Native to Peckham.

Translations

mildly hungry

Danish: brødflov, sulten (da)
German: hungrig (de)
Icelandic: svangur (is) m

Maltese: b'ftit guh m
Polish: głodnawy
Russian: голо́дный (ru) (golódnyj)

irritable

Danish: irritabel
Portuguese: irritadiço 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.

[1] 1860. John Camden Hotten. A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words page 188.