grotchy en · ADJ
Etymology
From grotch + -y.
Meanings
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(dated, slang) Tending to complain; irritable.
Alex Kirs and Jack Gaughan both sent beautifully long grotchy letters which are too good to let pass. I'm saving them for next issue, along with a pertinent letter from Rick Norwood on STAR TREK.
1968 March 14, Richard E. Geis, “THE I-ALSO-GOT-LETTERS-FROM DEPT”, in Psychotic, number 24, page 46: