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   testy

   /ˈtɛsti/

   adjective

   • 1. easily irritated; impatient and somewhat bad-tempered: "his testy, disapproving father"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘headstrong, impetuous’): from Anglo-Norman French testif, from Old French teste ‘head’, from Latin testa ‘shell’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. testily adverb
   • 2. testiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   • Irritated, impatient, or exasperated; peevish: a testy cab driver; a testy refusal to help. [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.] tes′ti·ness n.

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   Testy means easily annoyed and not patient, or lacking patience and feeling upset. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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   You might feel a bit testy before taking a test, but the words test and testy are unrelated. Feeling testy means being peeved, annoyed, or irritated.

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