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tantrummy en · ADJ

Etymology

From tantrum + -y.

Meanings

1. Prone to, or characteristic of, tantrums.
   • I spiraled down into all the warnings I had ever received about adopted children from family, from misinformed people I barely knew, instead of thinking: at three kids get tantrummy. 2014, Susanne Antonetta, Make Me a Mother: A Memoir, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 130:
   • She gave a tantrummy stomp, but again her eyes were disconnected from her words and actions. 2011, Hilary Duff, Devoted, Simon & Schuster BFYR, →ISBN, page 12:
   • How tantrummy and hysterical she sounded. 2014, Abbie Taylor, The Stranger on the Train, Atria, →ISBN, page 67:

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