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tissy
English
Noun
tissy (plural tissies)
- Alternative form of tizzy (“state of excitement or distress”)
- 1950, The Land (volumes 9-10, page 329)
- But I shall have to foster this fairy story for it would upset the parson more if he knew that my wife prefers this cave man treatment to joining the ten clubs which keep the ladies of our town perpetually awheel and in a tissy.
- 1967, Soap, Cosmetics, Chemical Specialties (page 201)
- The Duveen acquisition has the private label toilet soap boys in a tissy.
- 1950, The Land (volumes 9-10, page 329)
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tossy
English
Etymology
toss +? -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?si/
Adjective
tossy (comparative more tossy, superlative most tossy)
- (dated) Tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud, contemptuous, affectedly indifferent.
- 1848, Charles Kingsley, Yeasy
- "Honoria, take your feet off my dress. Argemone, my child, I hope you spent a pleasant evening?"
Argemone answered by some tossy commonplace.
- "Honoria, take your feet off my dress. Argemone, my child, I hope you spent a pleasant evening?"
- 1848, Charles Kingsley, Yeasy
Anagrams
- Stoys, Tsoys
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