teasy

teasy

English

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Etymology 1

Etymology tree
English tease
English -y
English teasy

    From tease + -y.

    Adjective

    teasy (comparative more teasy, superlative most teasy)

    1. Inclined to tease; teasing.
      • 1926, Christian Advocate, volume 87, page 16:
        […] Wallie, who was going on eleven, and such a teasy boy, […]

    Etymology 2

    From Cornish tesek (“irritable, hot”).

    Adjective

    teasy (comparative more teasy, superlative most teasy)

    1. (colloquial, UK, Cornwall) Irritable or angry.

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