Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
TECHY
cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy
(adjective) easily irritated or annoyed; “an incorrigibly fractious young man”; “not the least nettlesome of his countrymen”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
techy (comparative techier, superlative techiest)
(informal) technical
Etymology 2
Adjective
techy (comparative more techy, superlative most techy)
Obsolete form of tetchy.
Anagrams
• Tyche
Source: Wiktionary
Tech"y, a. Etym: [From OE. tecche, tache, a habit, bad habit, vice, OF. tache, teche, a spot, stain, blemish, habit, vice, F. tache a spot, blemish; probably akin to E. tack a small nail. See Tack a small nail, and cf. Touchy.]
Definition: Peevish; fretful; irritable.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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