Meanings
adjectivetettish (comparative more tettish, superlative most tettish)
comparative more tettish · superlative most tettish · alternative teatish
- obsoletenitpicky or testy
He's the most tettish knave
c. 1614, John Fletcher, “Wit Without Money, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act V, scene ii1 more example
And thou the selfsame Galate art more tettish for to frame Than Oxen of the wildernesse whom never wyght did tame.
1567, Ovid, “(please specify the book number or chapter)”, in Arthur Golding, transl., The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis, […], London: […] Willyam Seres […], →OCLC
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