OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 33331

itchy

/ˈɪt͡ʃi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
picoso • que pica
In a state of agitation; easily alarmed.
1966, Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Chapter 16, in Worlds of If, Volume 16, No. 1, Issue 98, January, 1966, p. 77, […] I got itchy wondering whether I could go…
Casy said softly, “All of ’em’s itchy. Them cops been sayin’ how they’re gonna beat the hell outa us an’ run us outa the county. […]”
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