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Webster 1913 Edition


peckish

peck′ish

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Adj.
Inclined to eat; hungry.
[Colloq.]
“When shall I feel peckish again?”
Beaconsfield.

Definition 2024


peckish

peckish

English

Adjective

peckish (comparative more peckish, superlative most peckish)

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

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References

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