teasy

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

tease +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

teasy (comparative more teasy, superlative most teasy)

  1. Inclined to tease; teasing.
    • 1926, Christian Advocate, volume 87, page 16:
      […] Wallie, who was going on eleven, and such a teasy boy, […]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Cornish tesek (“hot,fiery”).

Adjective[edit]

teasy (comparative more teasy, superlative most teasy)

  1. (colloquial, UK, Cornwall) Irritable or angry.

Anagrams[edit]

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