Teachy
//tiːt͡ʃi// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Preachy, didactic, tending toward excessive moraling or personal instruction.
"What you describe of your parents is a child’s view of people who, apparently, thought that being a parent meant being strict and teachy all the time."
- 2 Alternative form of tetchy. alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Example
More examples"What you describe of your parents is a child’s view of people who, apparently, thought that being a parent meant being strict and teachy all the time."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From teach + -y, q.v.
Etymology 2
Variant of tetchy, of uncertain etymology.
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