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teasy

teasy adjective: inclined to tease; teasing.

Adjective (1)

teasy (comparative more teasy, superlative most teasy)

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

Adjective (2)

teasy (comparative more teasy, superlative most teasy)

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

Forms of teasy

comparativemore teasy
superlativemost teasy

Origin of teasy

From tease + -y.

From Cornish tesek (“irritable, hot”).

Questions about teasy

What does teasy mean?
Teasy means inclined to tease; teasing.
What part of speech is teasy?
Teasy is an adjective.

Words near teasy in the dictionary

  1. teaspoons
  2. teaspoonsful
  3. Teaster
  4. teasterone
  5. Teasters
  6. teasy
  7. teat
  8. teatable
  9. teatables
  10. teatard
  11. teatards

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