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   testy

   /ˈtɛsti/

   adjective

   • 1. easily irritated; impatient and somewhat bad-tempered: "his testy, disapproving father"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘headstrong, impetuous’): from Anglo-Norman French testif, from Old French teste ‘head’, from Latin testa ‘shell’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. testily adverb
   • 2. testiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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