fratchety

English

Etymology

Apparently from fratch +‎ *-et (frequentative ending) +‎ -y.

Adjective

fratchety (comparative more fratchety, superlative most fratchety)

  1. (UK, dialect) argumentative
    • 1934, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Nine Tailors:
      […] He hadn't hardly got over his illness and he was fratchety, like, as sick people will be.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.