shirty

English

WOTD – 25 August 2015

Etymology

From shirt +‎ -y, probably based on the phrase get one's shirt out.^[1]

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɝ.ti/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɜː.ti/
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ti

Adjective

shirty (comparative shirtier, superlative shirtiest)

(chiefly Britain, informal) Ill-tempered or annoyed.
I didn't ask my father for money, figuring he'd get shirty about it since I had quit school and had no job.
- 1897, W. Somerset Maugham, Liza of Lambeth, chapter 3:
  "You ain't shirty 'cause I kissed yer last night?"
  
  "I'm not shirty; but it was pretty cool, considerin' like as I didn't know yer."

Derived terms

Translations

ill-tempered or annoyed

Russian: раздражённый (ru) m (razdražónnyj)

Swedish: sur (sv)

References

↑ Farmer, John S. and Henley, W. E. A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English: Abridged from the Seven-volume, page 406. G. Routledge & Sons, Limited, 1905.

Anagrams

Irtysh, thyrsi

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