TOSSY

Etymology

Adjective

tossy (comparative more tossy, superlative most tossy)

(dated) Tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud, contemptuous, affectedly indifferent.

Anagrams

• Stoys

Source: Wiktionary


Toss"y, a.

Definition: Tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud; contemptuous; scornful; affectedly indifferent; as, a tossy commonplace. [R.] C. Kingsley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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