Techy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Techy \Tech"y\, a. [From OE. tecche, tache, a habit, bad habit,
     vice, OF. tache, teche, a spot, stain, blemish, habit, vice,
     F. tache a spot, blemish; probably akin to E. tack a small
     nail. See {Tack} a small nail, and cf. {Touchy}.]
     Peevish; fretful; irritable.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  techy
       adj : easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious
             young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his
             countrymen" [syn: {cranky}, {fractious}, {irritable}, {nettlesome},
              {peevish}, {peckish}, {pettish}, {petulant}, {testy},
             {tetchy}]
       [also: {techiest}, {techier}]