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testy
adj
    testier, testiest
    1. Irritable; bad-tempered; touchy.
      Thesaurus: irritable, peevish, snappy, quick-tempered, cross, cantankerous, petulant, touchy, quarrelsome, grumpy, irascible; Antonym: equable, even-tempered.
Derivative: testily
adverb
    Derivative: testiness
    noun
      Etymology: 16c; 14c in obsolete sense ‘impetuous': from French testif headstrong.



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