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tetchy
[
tech
-ee
]
Origin
tetch·y
/
ˈtɛtʃ
i
/
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[
tech
-ee
]
Show IPA
adjective
tetch·i·er,
tetch·i·est.
irritable; touchy.
Also,
techy.
Origin:
1585–95;
origin uncertain;
compare
tetched
,
-y
1
Related forms
tetch·i·ly,
adverb
tetch·i·ness,
noun
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tetchy
(ˈtɛtʃɪ)
—
adj
,
tetchier
,
tetchiest
being or inclined to be cross, irritable, or touchy
[C16: probably from obsolete
tetch
defect, from Old French
tache
spot, of Germanic origin]
'tetchily
—
adv
'tetchiness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
tetchy
"easily irritated," 1592, teachie, in "Romeo & Juliet" I.iii.32; of uncertain origin. Perhaps from M.E. tatch "a mark, quality," derived via O.Fr. from V.L. *tecca, from a Gmc. source akin to O.E. tacen (see
token
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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