TETCHY


Meaning of TETCHY in English

/ ˈtetʃi; NAmE / adjective

bad-tempered; likely to get angry easily or without good reason

SYN irritable

►  tetch·ily / -ɪli; NAmE / adverb

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent.: probably from a variant of Scots tache blotch, fault , from Old French teche .

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