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Word: Tetchy
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late 16th century: probably from a variant of Scots tache ‘blotch, fault’, from Old French teche
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈtɛtʃi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
irritable and bad-tempered
Short Definition:irritable and bad-tempered
Examples:- she had always been tetchy and impatient with him
- a tetchy statement
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