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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Techy

/tĕch'-ē/ · Tech·y · IPA /ˈtɛki/

01 a. Peevish; fretful; irritable.

[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.]

1.
Peevish; fretful; irritable.

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