testy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   easily irritated or annoyed

   Don't be testy with me, kiddo!

Simplified etymology

Testy first meant “headstrong” or “impetuous” in late Middle English and comes from Old French teste, “head.” Teste, the ancestor of modern French tête, ultimately derives from Latin testum, “pot,” because popular Latin used “pot” as slang for the head.

Middle English testif (“headstrong”), from Old French testu, from teste (“head”) + -u. Compare modern French tête (“head”), têtu (“stubborn”).

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