tetchiness

tetchiness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English tetchy
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English tetchiness

    From tetchy + -ness.

    Noun

    tetchiness (usually uncountable, plural tetchinesses)

    1. The quality of being tetchy, or irritable
      • 2009 January 18, Charles Isherwood, “Hedda Forever: An Antiheroine for the Ages”, in New York Times:
        Through it all she exudes tetchiness, weariness and a general contempt for everything in sight.

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