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English Dictionary: peckish by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peckish
adj
  1. somewhat hungry
  2. easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
    Synonym(s): cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Peckish \Peck"ish\, a.
      Inclined to eat; hungry. [Colloq.] [bd]When shall I feel
      peckish again?[b8] --Beaconsfield.
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