testy
1Testy — 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. [1913 Webster] Must I observe you? must I… …
2testy — index fractious, perverse, petulant, querulous, spiteful Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3testy — c.1500, impetuous, rash, from M.E. testif headstrong (late 14c.), from Anglo Fr. testif, from O.Fr. testu stubborn, lit. heady, from teste head, from L.L. testa skull, in L. pot, shell (see TESTER (Cf. tester) (2)). Meaning …
4testy — *irascible, choleric, splenetic, touchy, cranky, cross Analogous words: *irritable, peevish, snappish, waspish: hasty, sud den, impetuous (see PRECIPITATE): captious, carping, caviling, faultfinding (see CRITICAL) …
5testy — [adj] irritable, touchy annoyed, badtempered, cantankerous, captious, choleric, crabbed, cranky*, cross, crotchety, edgy, exasperated, fretful, grouchy, grumpy*, impatient, irascible, mean, ornery*, out of sorts, peevish, peppery, petulant,… …
6testy — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ easily irritated; irritable. DERIVATIVES testily adverb testiness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «headstrong, impetuous»: from Old French teste head …
7testy — [tes′tē] adj. testier, testiest [ME testif < Anglo Fr < OFr teste, the head < L testa: see TEST1] irritable; touchy; peevish testily adv. testiness n …
8testy- — see testi …
9testy — tes|ty [ˈtesti] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Anglo French; Origin: testif determined to do what you want , from Old French teste head ] impatient and easily annoyed = ↑irritable ▪ testy remarks ▪ It had been a long day, and Sarah was getting a little… …
10testy — [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 …
