tes·ty 
(tĕstē)
(tĕstē)adj. tes·ti·er, tes·ti·est
Irritated, impatient, or exasperated; peevish: a testy cab driver; a testy refusal to help.
[Alteration of Middle English testif, headstrong, alteration (influenced by Middle English -if, variant of -ive, -ive, as in natif, native) of Old French testu, from Old French teste, head, from Late Latin testa, skull; see TESTON.]
testi·ly adv.
testi·ness n.
- Indo-European root: ghabh-
- Indo-European root: ghans-
- Indo-European root: ghebh-el-
- Indo-European root: ghedh-
- Indo-European root: ghei-
- Indo-European root: ghel-
- Indo-European root: ghel-
- Indo-European root: ghend-
- Indo-European root: gher-
- Indo-European root: gher-
- Indo-European root: gherə-
- Indo-European root: ghes-
- Indo-European root: gheslo-
- Indo-European root: gheu-
- Indo-European root: gheu(ə)-
- Indo-European root: ghos-ti-
- Indo-European root: ghrebh-
- Indo-European root: ghrebh-
- Indo-European root: ghredh-
- Indo-European root: ghrendh-
- Indo-European root: ghrē-
- Indo-European root: ghrēi-
- Indo-European root: ghwer-
- Indo-European root: ghwībh-
- Indo-European root: ghē-