testiness

tes·ty

T0128400 (tĕs′tē)adj. tes·ti·er, tes·ti·est Irritated, impatient, or exasperated; peevish: a testy cab driver; a testy refusal to help.

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[Alteration of Middle English testif, headstrong, alteration (influenced by Middle English -if, variant of -ive, -ive, as in natif, native) of Old French testu, from Old French teste, head, from Late Latin testa, skull; see teston.]

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tes′ti·ly adv.tes′ti·ness n.

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testiness - feeling easily irritated tetchiness, touchinesscholer, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance - an irritable petulant feeling

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