Inflected forms: tetch·i·er, tetch·i·est Peevish; testy: “As a critic gets older, he or she usually grows more tetchy and limited in responses” (James Wolcott).
ETYMOLOGY:
Probably from Middle English tache, teche, blemish (influenced by touchy), from Old French tache, teche, from Vulgar Latin *tacca, from Gothic taikns, sign. See deik- in Appendix I.
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