tift
See also: Tift
English
editEtymology
editCompare Norwegian teft (“a scent”). See tiff (“noun”).
Noun
edittift (plural tifts)
- (dated) A fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff.
- 1818, Blackwood's Magazine:
- After all your fatigue you seem as ready for a tift with me as if you had newly come from church.
References
edit- “tift”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.