testy

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Middle English testif (“headstrong”), from Old French testu, from teste (“head”) + -u. Compare modern French tête (“head”), têtu (“stubborn”).

‘Certainly, sir,’ replied the testy little judge. — The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens
Carrie came out rather testy, I thought. — The Diary of a Nobody, George Grossmith
Must I crouch beneath your testy humor? — McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader, William Holmes McGuffey

cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, tetchy, techy

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