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** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** Etymology
[en]. American, 1935. Possibly related to [en], from [en].[1] Compare also
[en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A state of nervous excitement, confusion, or distress ; a dither .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. [en] A sixpence ; a tester .
5. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1881 | author=T. Lewis O. Davies; Thomas Lewis Owen Davies | title=A Supplementary English Glossary | page=630
|passage=Down with the stumpy; a TIZZY for a pot of half-and-half.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1857 | author=Thomas Hughes | title=Tom Brown's School Days
|passage=Tadpole holds out, but between threats and cajoleries at length sells
half for one shilling and sixpence — about a fifth of its fair market value;
however, he is glad to realize anything, and, as he wisely remarks, "Wanderer
mayn't win, and the TIZZY is safe anyhow."}}
**** Synonyms
- [en]
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[excitement, confusion]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
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**** See also
- [en]
*** References
References:
[1]. [R:Online Etymology Dictionary]