adjective: a form of TEETY, and Scottish form of TITTY
CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ADJECTIVES 1. easily offended; irritable, peevish; captious, testy, cross-tempered; bad-tempered ...1621 obs. exc. Scot. 2. of the wind: gusty, strong, boisterous ...B1900 Scot. NOUNS 1. the breast, esp. the mother's breast ...1746 2. a nosegay ...1790 Eng. dial. ETYMOLOGY of obscure origin EXAMPLE From: The Anatomy of Melancholy: What It Is, With All the Kindes, Causes, Symptomes, Prognosticks, and Severall Cures of It. By Democritus Junior (Robert Burton), Vol. I, 1806 Subsect. XIII. Love of Gaming, &c., and Pleasures Immoderate, Causes.P. 174
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