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temper-tantrumy en · ADJ

Etymology

From temper tantrum + -y.

Meanings

1. (rare) Having or tending to have a temper tantrum.
   • Her behavior was that of a temper-tantrumy, 2½-year-old child; so was that of her mother. 1982, Ruth P. Kane, “The Family’s Role in Primary Prevention”, in Mary Frank, editor, Primary Prevention for Children and Families (Journal of Children in Contemporary Society; volume 14, numbers 2/3), New York, N.Y.; London: The Haworth Press, →ISBN, page 31:
   • […] that embracing who you truly are is about accepting yourself through all of it—when you’re at your most victorious, your most irritable, your most temper-tantrumy, and your most vulnerable. 2020, Jen Sincero, Badass Habits: Cultivate the Awareness, Boundaries, and Daily Upgrades You Need to Make Them Stick, John Murray Learning, →ISBN:
   • Peter Kurth plays the temper-tantrumy, ineffectual emperor well. 1976 February 7, Judith Edwards, “‘The Chinese Wall:’ Moving, Unusual Treatment”, in The Burlington Free Press, 148th year, number 38, page 8, column 5:

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