TESTY

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

Adjective

testy (comparative testier, superlative testiest)

Easily annoyed, irritable.

Marked by impatience or ill humor.

Synonyms

• touchy

• tetchy

Anagrams

• Setty, tyets, yetts

Source: Wiktionary


Tes"ty, a. [Compar. Testier; superl. Testiest.] Etym: [OF. testu obstinate, headstrong, F. tĂŞtu, fr. OF. teste the head, F. tĂŞte. See Test a cupel.]

Definition: Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated. Must I observe you must I stand and crouch Under your testy humor Shak. I was displeased with myself; I was testy. Latimer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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