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Easily peeved
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tetchy
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"easily irritated," 1592, teachie , in "Romeo & Juliet" I.iii.32; of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Middle English tatch "a mark, quality," derived via Old French from Vulgar Latin *tecca , from a Germanic source akin to Old English tacen (see token ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Easily annoyed or irritated; peevish, testy or irascible
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" [syn: cranky , fractious , irritable , nettlesome , peevish , peckish , pettish , petulant , testy , techy ] [also: tetchiest , tetchier ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tetchy \Tetch"y\, a. See Techy . --Shak.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And all the time Chief Inspector Morse sat, less tetchy now, staring at the street map of Oxford. ▪ And I noticed another thing: Jean-Claude was tetchy . ▪ But he was more withdrawn, tetchy . ▪ He guesses that's why Paul ...
Usage examples of tetchy.
S'anra gaped like a landed fish for a second or two - because of her mistake maybe, or because Arrhae was being unusually tetchy, or for some other reason restricted to scullery slaves - then scurried away with the groceries.
The station in Buenos Aires had just entered into a tetchy liaison relationship with the Argentine security service, so I fired off an ATHS telegram asking whether SIDE might provide Huntley with documentation.