tizzn.
/tɪz/, U.S. /tɪz/ = tizzy n.2
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the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun]
fever1340
motiona1398
quotidian?a1439
rufflea1535
commotion1581
fret1582
hurry1600
puddering1603
tumultuousnessa1617
trepidation1625
feverishness1638
boilingc1660
fermentationc1660
tumult1663
ferment1672
stickle1681
fuss1705
whirl1707
flurry1710
sweat1715
fluster1728
pucker1740
flutter1741
flustration1747
flutteration1753
tremor1753
swithera1768
twitteration1775
state1781
stew1806
scrow1808
tumultuating1815
flurrification1822
tew1825
purr1842
pirr1856
tête montée1859
go1866
faff1874
poultry flutter1876
palaver1878
thirl1879
razzle-dazzle1885
nervism1887
flurry-scurry1888
fikiness1889
foment1889
dither1891
swivet1892
flusterment1895
tither1896
overwroughtness1923
mania1925
stumer1932
tizzy1935
two and eight1938
snit1939
tizz1953
tiswas1960
wahala1966
1953 B. Boland Return in Plays of Year IX. 326 Peter: Nothing matters. Angela: Practically nothing. All the things people get in such a tizz about—.
1958 ‘N. Blake’ Penknife in my Heart iv. 52 Miriam was as usual in a tiz.
1967 R. Rendell New Lease of Death vi. 54 When Burden looked murderous, he added, ‘Don't get in a tiz with me.’
1978 Illustr. London News Nov. 97/1 The people of Morecambe were thrown into a tizz by this idea of a barrage [across Morecambe Bay].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1953