TETCHY


Meaning of TETCHY in English

■ adjective ( tetchier , tetchiest ) irritable and bad-tempered.

Derivatives

tetchily adverb

tetchiness noun

Origin

C16: prob. from a var. of Scots tache 'blotch, fault', from OFr. teche .

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