temperish

comparative more temperish · superlative most temperish

1. Peevish; cross.

   If our reaction is temperish, Great Britain gets it five minutes after she sends her message.

   1931, Jennie Grace Walker, Habits and Skills, page 137

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   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.'

   2016, Caroline Shenton, Mr Barry's War

   As a general rule he had five simple emotion gears: he was either hungry, sleepy, curious, frightened, or temperish .

   2017, Robert Edmond Alter, Shovel Nose and the Gator Grabbers

2. Having a bad-tempered disposition; moody or volatile.

   Emilia Trask had money but she had a temperish look.

   1931, Lucy Maud Montgomery, A Tangled Web

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   It is discerned that a child is temperish, or so inclined; the intention, of course, is to avert the current of this coming tide.

   1898, John B. Small, The Human Heart Illustrated by Nine Figures of the Heart

   His whole person was noticeable, too – the wide, ridgy shoulders, tumbling fair hair and queer, light eyes, temperish, pouted mouth and heavy jaw.

   1931, Dorothy Leigh Sayers, The Five Red Herrings