Associations to the word «Peckish»
Wiktionary
PECKISH, adjective. (colloquial) mildly hungry
PECKISH, adjective. (colloquial) irritable; crotchety
PECKISH, adjective. (colloquial) Of or pertaining to Peckham, a place in Southwark London.
PECKISH, adjective. (colloquial) Native to Peckham.
Dictionary definition
PECKISH, adjective. Somewhat hungry.
PECKISH, adjective. Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.