temperish

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Definition of temperish

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Peevish; cross.
    “If our reaction is temperish, Great Britain gets it five minutes after she sends her message.”
    “The day Barry left, Pugin made a temperish comment in his diary: 'The present condition of the architecture is deplorable. Truth reduced to the position of an interesting but rare and curious relic.'”
    “As a general rule he had five simple emotion gears: he was either hungry, sleepy, curious, frightened, or temperish .”
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adj

  1. Peevish; cross.
    “If our reaction is temperish, Great Britain gets it five minutes after she sends her message.”
    “The day Barry left, Pugin made a temperish comment in his diary: 'The present condition of the architecture is deplorable. Truth reduced to the position of an interesting but rare and curious relic.'”
    “As a general rule he had five simple emotion gears: he was either hungry, sleepy, curious, frightened, or temperish .”
  2. Having a bad-tempered disposition; moody or volatile.
    “It is discerned that a child is temperish, or so inclined; the intention, of course, is to avert the current of this coming tide.”
    “His whole person was noticeable, too – the wide, ridgy shoulders, tumbling fair hair and queer, light eyes, temperish, pouted mouth and heavy jaw.”
    “Emilia Trask had money but she had a temperish look.”

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Etymology

From temper + -ish.

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