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temper-tantrumy

temper-tantrumy adjective: having or tending to have a temper tantrum.

Adjective

temper-tantrumy (comparative more temper-tantrumy, superlative most temper-tantrumy)

  1. (rare) Having or tending to have a temper tantrum.
    • Peter Kurth plays the temper-tantrumy, ineffectual emperor well.1976 February 7, Judith Edwards, “‘The Chinese Wall:’ Moving, Unusual Treatment”, in The Burlington Free Press, 148th year, number 38, page 8, column 5
    • Her behavior was that of a temper-tantrumy, 2½-year-old child; so was that of her mother.1982, Ruth P. Kane, “The Family’s Role in Primary Prevention”, in Mary Frank, editor, Primary Prevention for Children and Families (Journal of Children in Contemporary Society; volume 14, numbers...

Forms of temper-tantrumy

comparativemore temper-tantrumy
superlativemost temper-tantrumy

Origin of temper-tantrumy

From temper tantrum + -y.

Questions about temper-tantrumy

What does temper-tantrumy mean?
Temper-tantrumy means having or tending to have a temper tantrum.
What part of speech is temper-tantrumy?
Temper-tantrumy is an adjective.

Words near temper-tantrumy in the dictionary

  1. temper tantra
  2. temper tantrum
  3. temper tantrums
  4. temper temper
  5. temper'd
  6. temper-tantrumy
  7. tempera
  8. tempera grassa
  9. temperability
  10. temperable
  11. temperament

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