tizzy
- (colloquial) A state of nervous excitement, confusion, or distress; a dither.
- (UK, archaic, slang) A sixpence; a tester.
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Etymology
Unknown. American, 1935. Possibly related to tizzy (“sixpence coin”, slang), from tester (“sixpence coin”, slang). Compare also dizzy.
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