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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[

Com

par.

Testier

;

sup

erl.

Testiest

[OF.

testu

obstinate, headstrong, F.

têtu

, fr. OF.

teste

the head, F.

tête

. See

a cupel.]

Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.

Must I observe you? must I stand and crouch
Under your

testy

humor?

Shakespeare

I was displeased with myself; I was

testy

Latimer.

Adj.

Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.

Pyrrbus cured his testy courtiers with a kick.

Must I stand and crouch under your testy humor?