Definitions

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  • adjective colloquial, UK, Cornish irritable or angry

Etymologies

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From Cornish tesek ("hot,fiery")

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Examples

  • Â With the appearance of Renee in the lead story, the teasy moments of “caped woman in the shadows” during the co-feature led me to believe the creators wanted me to expect Batwoman in the second story, making the Helena gambit a little bit annoying to me.

    Dueling Review: Detective Comics #859 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • Maybe she felt these teasy shots were okay and I'm sure we're all in agreement.

    Gratuitous Jill St. John post Arbogast 2008

  • A cock-teasy rumor like this is always good for both parties.

    Archive 2008-06-01 RICHARD 2008

  • A cock-teasy rumor like this is always good for both parties.

    Jennifer Aniston on Flight of the Conchords? RICHARD 2008

  • It is not a hear or say of some anomo-rous letter, signed Toga Girilis, (teasy dear).

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • People come up to me sometimes during conferences, usually at the teasy end of the day between close of business and the cocktail frenzy.

    The mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006

  • People come up to me sometimes during conferences, usually at the teasy end of the day between close of business and the cocktail frenzy.

    the mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006

  • On his better days he was everybody's favourite; but when the mood fell on him he grew teasy as a bear with a sore head, and fit to set his right hand quarrelling with his left.

    Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • As Mister Pope told you just now, the Governor's a gentleman; he wouldn't play such a trick, not if you was to offer him the world and the kingdoms thereof; and he'll be teasy as fire when he hears about it.

    Major Vigoureux Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • It was just teasy-flirty - think you were a bit drunk and took it the wrong way.

    Latest from PALGN 2009

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