testy
11testy — [[t]te̱sti[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If you describe someone as testy, you mean that they easily become impatient or angry. [mainly LITERARY] Ben s getting a little testy in his old age. Syn: crotchety Derived words: testily ADV GRADED ADV… …
12testy — adjective impatient and easily annoyed; irritable: a testy old man | testy remarks testily adverb: “You can t!” Ralph interrupted him testily. testiness noun (U) …
13testy — UK [ˈtestɪ] / US adjective Word forms testy : adjective testy comparative testier superlative testiest easily annoyed and impatient Derived word: testily adverb …
14testy — tes•ty [[t]ˈtɛs ti[/t]] adj. ti•er, ti•est irritably impatient; touchy: a testy mood; a testy reply[/ex] • Etymology: 1325–75; ME testi(f) headstrong < AF. See test II, ive tes′ti•ly, adv. tes′ti•ness, n …
15testy — [14] Testy means etymologically ‘heady’. It was borrowed from Anglo Norman testif, a derivative of Old French teste ‘head’ (ancestor of modern French tête). This in turn went back to Latin testa ‘tile, earthenware pot’ (a relative of testum, from …
16testy — adjective (testier; est) Etymology: Middle English testif, from Anglo French, headstrong, from teste head more at tester Date: 1523 1. easily annoyed ; irritable 2. marked by impatience or ill humor < testy remarks > • testily …
17testy — adjective what s made you so testy today? Syn: irritable, tetchy, cranky, ornery, cantankerous, irascible, bad tempered, grumpy, grouchy, crotchety, petulant, crabby, crusty, curmudgeonly, ill tempered, ill humored, peevish, cross …
18testy — /ˈtɛsti / (say testee) adjective (testier, testiest) irritably impatient; touchy: *he backed into the sliprails and put both himself and his rider in a thoroughly testy frame of mind before they even started. –nourma handford, 1953. {Middle… …
19Testy — See also *Testicle …
20testy — testily, adv. testiness, n. /tes tee/, adj., testier, testiest. irritably impatient; touchy. [1325 75; late ME testi, alter. of MF testu headstrong; r. ME testif < MF. See TEST2, IVE] Syn. tetchy, edgy, snappish, cross, irascible. See irritable.… …
