"teasy" meaning in English

See teasy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-teasy.wav [US] Forms: more teasy [comparative], most teasy [superlative]
Etymology: From tease + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|tease|-y|text=+|tree=1}} From tease + -y. Head templates: {{en-adj}} teasy (comparative more teasy, superlative most teasy)
  1. Inclined to tease; teasing.
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-teasy.wav [US] Forms: more teasy [comparative], most teasy [superlative]
Etymology: From Cornish tesek (“irritable, hot”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|kw|tesek||irritable, hot}} Cornish tesek (“irritable, hot”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} teasy (comparative more teasy, superlative most teasy)
  1. (colloquial, UK, Cornwall) Irritable or angry. Tags: Cornwall, UK, colloquial
    Sense id: en-teasy-en-adj-twrzDJY4 Categories (other): British English, Cornish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Emotions Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83 Disambiguation of Emotions: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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