Hypertext Webster Gateway: "testy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Testy \Tes"ty\, a. [Compar. {Testier}; superl. {Testiest}.] [OF.
testu obstinate, headstrong, F. t[^e]tu, fr. OF. teste the
head, F. t[^e]te. See {Test} a cupel.]
Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.
Must I observe you? must I stand and crouch Under your
testy humor? --Shak.
I was displeased with myself; I was testy. --Latimer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
testy
adj : easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious
young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his
countrymen" [syn: {cranky}, {fractious}, {irritable}, {nettlesome},
{peevish}, {peckish}, {pettish}, {petulant}, {tetchy},
{techy}]
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