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.

Related terms

• fratch