tetchy

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Census does't ask religion, and it's kind of a tetchy issue anyway post 9 / 11. vary between 2 and 7 million.

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  • He even became uncharacteristically tetchy with Edward Aveling. —  Richard Dawkins on militant atheism
  • “Salad makes me tetchy.” “I cannot imagine you getting tetchy,” said Sarah. —  Death of a Dentist
  • Since she is getting older and grouchier too, we now revel in a household of four tetchy, arthritic artistic types (think of the pets as performance artists). —  ChallengingDestiny#25
  • His regret did not stem from the impasse that was turning Everett so tetchy, but from his own executive shortcomings. —  Going for the Gold - Emma Lathen - Thatcher 18
  • "No need to get tetchy," he complained, catching her elbow to slow her down. —  Davis, Lindsey - The Course of Honor
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  1. Probably from Middle English tache, teche, blemish (influenced by touchy), from Old French tache, teche, from Vulgar Latin *tacca, from Gothic taikns, sign; see deik- in Indo-European roots.
 

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