-kish, -kēsh adjective
Etymology: peck (II) + -ish
1. chiefly dialect : ready to eat : having a keen appetite : hungry
pork pies and what all, case they come over a bit peckish — Richard Llewellyn
their swim had made them peckish — Harper's
2. : inclined to peck : nagging , irritable
the old woman, in constant pain, was spiteful and peckish — Jean Stafford