English
testiness
From testy + -ness.
A compound of testy + -ness
Latin testa ‘a piece of burned clay, brick, tile’
Old French teste ‘head’
Old French testu
Middle English testif ‘headstrong’
English testy
Today it means
noun The state or quality of being testy.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “testiness”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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