tizzy
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. American, 1935. Possibly related to tizzy (“sixpence coin”, slang), from tester (“sixpence coin”, slang).[1] Compare also dizzy.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]tizzy (plural tizzies)
- (colloquial) A state of nervous excitement, confusion, or distress; a dither.
- to be in a tizzy
- (UK, slang, archaic) A sixpence; a tester.
- 1881, T. Lewis O. Davies, Thomas Lewis Owen Davies, A Supplementary English Glossary, page 630:
- Down with the stumpy; a tizzy for a pot of half-and-half.
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]excitement, confusion
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “tizzy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.