temperishadj.
/ˈtɛmpərɪʃ/ Inclined to or exhibiting bad temper.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > [adjective] > irascible (of person)
hotOE
wooda1250
hastivec1300
irous1303
hastya1350
angrya1387
melancholiousa1393
quicka1400
irefulc1400
melancholyc1450
turnec1480
iracundiousa1492
passionatea1500
fumish1523
irascible1530
wrothful1535
fierya1540
warm1547
choleric1556
hot at hand1558
waspish1566
incensive1570
bilious1571
splenative1593
hot-livered1599
short1599
spitfire1600
warm-tempered1605
temperless1614
sulphurous1616
angryable1662
huffy1680
hastish1749
peppery1778
quick-tempered1792
inflammable1800
hair-triggered1806
gingery1807
spunky1809
iracund1821
irascid1823
wrathy1828
frenzy1859
gunpowdery1868
gunpowderous1870
tempersome1875
exacerbescent1889
tempery1905
lightningy1906
temperish1925
short-fused1979
1925 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 764/1 From these temperish folk arise strange quarrels.
1929 Times 16 Jan. 13/5 His [sc. Lord Haig's] reply was more than emphatic; it was almost temperish.
1935 H. L. Davis Honey in Horn xi. 165 She pulled her riding-blanket down on her bare shoulders with a temperish jerk.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1925