tossyadj.
rare.
Contemptuous, pert.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > pert or brash
pertc1405
skipjack1598
puppily1682
whelpish1688
saucy1710
owdacious1751
minxing1767
puppyish1775
puppy-like1792
brash1824
pertish1836
cheekish1838
uppish1841
tossy1848
fly1884
soubrettish1891
whipper-snapping1925
in your face1975
1848 C. Kingsley Yeast in Fraser's Mag. Sept. 292/1 Argemone answered by some tossy commonplace.
Derivatives
ˈtossily adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adverb] > pertly or brashly
pertly?1529
saucily1539
touchily1653
pert1795
puppyishly1817
tossily1851
brashly1865
pertlike1879
1851 C. Kingsley Yeast vii She answered tossily enough.
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