Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Peevish; fretful; irritable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Peevish; fretful; irritable.

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  • adjective Obsolete form of tetchy.
  • adjective informal technical

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective easily irritated or annoyed

Etymologies

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tech +‎ -y

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