Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Nervous or irritable.
- adjective Having a sharp or biting edge.
- adjective Daring, provocative, or trend-setting.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Showing an edge; sharply defined; angular.
- Keen-tempered; irritable: as, an edgy temper.
- Having contours which are too sharply defined: said of a picture.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Easily irritated; sharp.
- adjective (Fine Arts) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
nervous ,apprehensive - adjective : creatively challenging;
cutting edge ;leading edge - adjective : on the edge between
acceptable andoffensive ; pushing the boundaries of good taste;dodgy - adjective dated
irritable - adjective art Having some of the forms, such as
drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being in a tense state
Etymologies
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As a twenty-three-year-old woman living in New York City, I will assign myself the role of ambassador of my generation and attempt to respond to your article discussing the word edgy.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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As a twenty-three-year-old woman living in New York City, I will assign myself the role of ambassador of my generation and attempt to respond to your article discussing the word edgy.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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As a twenty-three-year-old woman living in New York City, I will assign myself the role of ambassador of my generation and attempt to respond to your article discussing the word edgy.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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As a twenty-three-year-old woman living in New York City, I will assign myself the role of ambassador of my generation and attempt to respond to your article discussing the word edgy.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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He said it rather crossly, for his nerves were what he called edgy, and the girl still irritated him.
The Lookout Man B. M. Bower 1905
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There is enough out there that is what they call edgy and quite hard-hitting and modern and fashionable.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Nick Collins 2012
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Anyway, today’s terminology of the word edgy has become a bit extreme.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Anyway, today’s terminology of the word edgy has become a bit extreme.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Anyway, today’s terminology of the word edgy has become a bit extreme.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Anyway, today’s terminology of the word edgy has become a bit extreme.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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