[tech-ee] 
| irritable; touchy. |
| tetch·y also tech·y (těch'ē) adj. tetch·i·er also tech·i·er, tetch·i·est also tech·i·est Peevish; testy: "As a critic gets older, he or she usually grows more tetchy and limited in responses" (James Wolcott). [Probably from Middle English tache, teche, blemish (influenced by touchy), from Old French tache, teche, from Vulgar Latin *tacca, from Gothic taikns, sign; see deik- in Indo-European roots.] tetch'i·ly adv., tetch'i·ness n. |
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