cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy
(adjective) easily irritated or annoyed; “an incorrigibly fractious young man”; “not the least nettlesome of his countrymen”
peckish
(adjective) somewhat hungry
Source: WordNet® 3.1
peckish (comparative more peckish, superlative most peckish)
(colloquial) mildly hungry
(colloquial) irritable; crotchety
(colloquial) Of or pertaining to Peckham, a place in Southwark London.
(colloquial) Native to Peckham.
Source: Wiktionary
Peck"ish, a.
Definition: Inclined to eat; hungry. [Colloq.] "When shall I feel peckish again" Beaconsfield.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
