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Teachy

//tiːt͡ʃi// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 2
    Alternative form of tetchy. alt-of, alternative, obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

From teach + -y, q.v.

Etymology 2

Variant of tetchy, of uncertain etymology.

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