Techy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

techy
    adj 1: 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}, {scratchy},
           {testy}, {tetchy}, {techy}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

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