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Tetchiest vs Techiest - What's the difference?

tetchiest | techiest |

As adjectives the difference between tetchiest and techiest

is that tetchiest is superlative of tetchy while techiest is superlative of techy.

tetchiest

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (tetchy)

    • tetchy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Easily annoyed or irritated; peevish, testy or irascible
  • * 1592 , (William Shakespeare), (Romeo and Juliette), , (Nurse speaking, spelling modernized):
    • When it did taste the wormwood on the nipple
    Of my dug and felt it bitter, pretty fool,
    To see it tetchy and fall out with the dug!

    Related terms

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    References

    techiest

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (techy)

    • techy

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal) technical
    • Are there any techy types around? My computer has stopped working.

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
    • (Webster 1913)