The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
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
tetchier
comparative form of tetchy
• reciteth
Source: Wiktionary
Tetch"y, a.
Definition: See Techy. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 June 2025
(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.