snippety
adj/ˈsnɪpɪti/
Etymology From snippet + -y.
1
Made up of short snippets.
- Near-synonym: choppy
2
Irritable; impatient; short-tempered; often, in a condescending way.
- “He tole that little snippity nurse of his’n to give me ten dollars and make me sign a ‘paid in full’ receipt […]”1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 24, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 164:
- Derived terms
- snippetiness
- Related terms
- snippiness