fratchety

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Apparently from fratch +‎ *-et (frequentative ending) +‎ -y.

Adjective[edit]

fratchety (comparative more fratchety, superlative most fratchety)

  1. (UK, dialect) argumentative
    • 1934, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Nine Tailors:
      […] He hadn't hardly got over his illness and he was fratchety, like, as sick people will be.

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