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Knappish

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Peevish; snappish. obsolete

    "[H]e reiected the Dukes requeſt with many ſpitefull and knappiſhe wordes, which ſo wounded the Dukes hart with hatred and miſtruſt, that he could neuer after endure to looke right on king Richard, but euer feared hys owne lyfe, […]"

Etymology

From knap (“to strike”) + -ish.

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