edgy C2+ Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /ˈɛʤi/ UK /ˈɛʤi/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj tense and nervous, or daringly unconventional The crowd grew edgy as the announcement was delayed. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · tense and nervous, or... tensenervousjitteryirritableon-edgeunconventionaldaringprovocative ↔ Opposites calmrelaxedplacidconventionaltame Word family Derived forms edgilyedginess Related forms edgeedged Etymology AI details From edge (Old English ecg 'edge, blade') + -y; the sense 'irritable, on edge' arose in the 19th century, and 'daringly unconventional' in the 20th. ecg Old English *agjō Proto-Germanic *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # edgy **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈɛʤi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɛʤi/ ## Meanings 1. tense and nervous, or daringly unconventional ## Examples - The crowd grew edgy as the announcement was delayed. ## Synonyms - tense - nervous - jittery - irritable - on-edge - unconventional - daring - provocative ## Antonyms - calm - relaxed - placid - conventional - tame ## Derived Forms - edgily - edginess ## Related Forms - edge - edged ## Roots and Affixes - Root: ecg - Root: *agjō - Root: *h₂eḱ- ## Etymology From edge (Old English ecg 'edge, blade') + -y; the sense 'irritable, on edge' arose in the 19th century, and 'daringly unconventional' in the 20th. ## AI Etymology Edgy is from edge (Old English ecg 'edge, blade') + -y; the sense 'irritable, on edge' arose in the 19th century, and 'daringly unconventional' in the 20th. The ancestry passes through Old English ecg, Proto-Germanic *agjō, and Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-. The suffix -y forms an adjective meaning characterized by the base, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as an adjective, it means "tense and nervous, or daringly unconventional", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include edge and edged; derived forms include edgily and edginess. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown