"testy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈtɛsti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-testy.wav 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: {{uder|en|fro|testu|}} Old French testu 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), reizbar (German), whanewhane (Maori), kiriweti (Maori), раздражи́тельный (razdražítelʹnyj) [masculine] (Russian), вспыльчивый (vspylʹčivyj) [masculine] (Russian), retlig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-testy-en-adj-bmQcjnLF Disambiguation of Personality: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'irritable': 99 1
  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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: touchy, tetchy Derived forms: testily, testiness Related terms: heady, teston

Inflected forms

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