TESTINESS

testiness, touchiness, tetchiness

(noun) feeling easily irritated

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

testiness (usually uncountable, plural testinesses)

The state or quality of being testy.

Source: Wiktionary


Tes"ti*ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance. Testiness is a disposition or aptness to be angry. Locke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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18 June 2025

SOUARI

(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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