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Meaning of TECHY

Pronunciation:  'techee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
 
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 Synonyms: cranky, fractious, ill-natured, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, testy, tetchy
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tech"y\, a. [From OE. tecche, tache, a habit, bad habit,
vice, OF. tache, teche, a spot, stain, blemish, habit, vice,
F. tache a spot, blemish; probably akin to E. tack a small
nail. See {Tack} a small nail, and cf. {Touchy}.]
Peevish; fretful; irritable.
 

 

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