tossy

adj

tossy

adj

/ˈtɒsi/

Etymology From toss + -y.

1

Dated Tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud, contemptuous, affectedly indifferent.

  • "Honoria, take your feet off my dress. Argemone, my child, I hope you spent a pleasant evening?" Argemone answered by some tossy commonplace.1848, Charles Kingsley, Yeasy:
Derived terms
tossily

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