temperyadj.
/ˈtɛmpəri/ dialect.
Short-tempered.
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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
1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. VI. 60/1 Yorks... ‘She was a tempery body.’
1951 H. Giles Harbin's Ridge xiii. 116 She had tempery ways..and sometimes I felt like I was in a pot of water with it boiling.
1954 Landfall 8 266 I cursed on like a tempery child deprived Of what he'd loved.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1905