"testy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈtɛsti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-testy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: testier [comparative], testiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛsti Etymology: Middle English testif (“headstrong”), from Old French testu, from teste (“head”) + -u. Compare modern French tête (“head”), têtu (“stubborn”). Etymology templates: {{m|enm|testif||headstrong}} testif (“headstrong”), {{uder|en|fro|testu|}} Old French testu, {{m|fro|teste||head}} teste (“head”), {{m|fro|-u}} -u, {{m|fr|tête||head}} tête (“head”), {{m|fr|têtu||stubborn}} têtu (“stubborn”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} testy (comparative testier, superlative testiest)
  1. Easily annoyed, irritable. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (irritable): сприхав (sprihav) (Bulgarian), раздразнителен (razdraznitelen) (Bulgarian), whanewhane (Maori), kiriweti (Maori), раздражи́тельный (razdražítelʹnyj) [masculine] (Russian), вспыльчивый (vspylʹčivyj) [masculine] (Russian), retlig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-testy-en-adj-bmQcjnLF Disambiguation of Personality: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'irritable': 98 2
  2. Marked by impatience or ill humor.
    Sense id: en-testy-en-adj-a-y8ORXc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: touchy, tetchy Derived forms: testily, testiness Related terms: heady, teston

Inflected forms

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