[f. TIFF sb.3 + -Y.] Given to tiffs; in a tiff; pettish, ill-humored; faddy.
1810. Splendid Follies, II. 126. The old lady felt quite tiffy, and mumbled her roll in silence.
1883. Bread-Winners (1884), 27. She’s too tiffy for poor folks like us.
[f. TIFF sb.3 + -Y.] Given to tiffs; in a tiff; pettish, ill-humored; faddy.
1810. Splendid Follies, II. 126. The old lady felt quite tiffy, and mumbled her roll in silence.
1883. Bread-Winners (1884), 27. She’s too tiffy for poor folks like us.
