Fratchety

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1
argumentative UK, dialectal
"[…] He hadn't hardly got over his illness and he was fratchety, like, as sick people will be."

Synonyms

argumentative discordant disputatious quarrelsome

Antonyms

irenic peaceful

Example

"[…] He hadn't hardly got over his illness and he was fratchety, like, as sick people will be."

Etymology

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

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