teachy

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From teach +‎ -y, q.v..

Adjective

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teachy (comparative more teachy, superlative most teachy)

  1. Preachy, didactic, tending toward excessive moraling or personal instruction.
    • 2017, Carolyn Hax, It may be time to look at your parents from a new prespective:
      What you describe of your parents is a child’s view of people who, apparently, thought that being a parent meant being strict and teachy all the time.
    • 2018, Bob Brown, Lives in the balance: The Hate U Give tackles important topics but offers hollow advice:
      Director George Tillman Jr. gets pulled in different directions, too, juggling teen drama and teachy diatribe.
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Etymology 2

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Variant of tetchy, of uncertain etymology.

Adjective

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teachy

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of tetchy.

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