teethyadj.1
/ˈtiːθi/, U.S. /ˈtiθi/, Scottish English /ˈtiθɪ/ Now Scottish and northern dialect.
Touchy, testy, peevish, crabbed.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > irritable [adjective]
sharpc1000
impatient1377
out-sharpinga1382
teethya1500
fumish1523
testy1526
crabbed1535
tettish1567
peevish1577
kickish1589
splenetic1593
spleenful1594
tetchy1596
wasp-stung1598
touchy1602
spleeny1604
pruriginous1609
teety1621
splenitive1633
peltish1648
irritable1662
splenatic1663
splenetive1678
unheer1691
rusty1694
nettlesome1766
stingy1781
snarly1798
tutty1809
spleenical1818
rileya1824
nettly1825
edgy1837
porcupinal1846
shirty1846
raspish1854
peckish1857
streaky1860
owly1864
teasy1866
fussy1869
raspy1869
spiky1881
chippyc1885
tetchous1890
narky1895
snarky1906
ringy1907
snarkish1912
Scot1916
crooked1945
niggly1952
snooty1959
kvetchy1965
to be on the rag1967
sandpaper1976
gribble1984
splenous-
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [adjective]
protervec1384
teethya1500
peevishc1530
protervous1547
pettish1552
tatter1579
fretting1587
teeny1594
frampold1599
treaf1601
fretful1603
teety1621
frappish1631
froppish1659
huffy1680
toothy1691
peenging1724
fractious1725
crossish1740
huffish1755
petulant1755
refractious1761
pouty1799
pensy1803
fudgy1819
twiney1824
rammista1838
fretty1844
petful1852
patchy1862
fretsome1870
grizzly1900
anfractuous1923
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 33 She is full tethee, For litill oft angré; If any thyng wrang be, Soyne is she wroth.
1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Hiiijv The testie, tethye, waspishe churle, With pratlynge is offended.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Teethy, cross, fretful, peevish; generally spoken of children.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) ‘A teethy answer’, a tart reply.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Teathy, peevish, cross.
1892 A. K. H. Boyd Twenty-five Years St. Andrews II. 96 Nor did he fail to condemn wrong doing in a fashion which Scotch folk call teethy.
Derivatives
ˈteethily adv. testily.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > [adverb]
impatiently1490
tetchily1647
touchily1658
testily1755
spleenishly1775
splenetically1779
edgily1837
irritably1855
shirtily1879
teethily1879
spleenfully1882
soreheadedly1883
teasily1928
rattily1938
snarkily1967
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [adverb]
protervely1447
peevisha1529
pettishlya1625
peevishlya1638
frettinglya1649
crossly1736
fractiously1736
huffishly1755
fretfully1789
petulantly1838
pettedly1858
huffily1860
huffingly1864
teethily1879
1879 P. R. Drummond Perthshire in Bygone Days xiv. 81 The Colonel pointed to a letter lying open on the table and said teethily [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
teethyadj.2
/ˈtiːθi/ Well supplied with teeth.
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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > tooth or teeth > [adjective]
dental1599
odontic1657
teethy1805
dentar1828
dentary1830
dentigerous1839
1805 A. Scott Poems (1808) 160 (E.D.D.) At his expense our teethy faes are fed.
1835 D. Webster Orig. Sc. Rhymes 136 With hero's heart and teethy jaw, Nane like him could badger draw.
1887 D. Donaldson Jamieson's Sc. Dict. Suppl. Teethy, Toothy, having many or large teeth.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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