HOT-TEMPERED
ADJECTIVES
► ALL FIRE AND TOW irascible, excitable, hot-tempered → 1838 Amer. dial.
► AMBITIOUS of persons or animals: spirited, vivacious, unruly; vicious; angry; enraged; quick-tempered; hot-tempered → 1853 Amer. dial.
► ANIMOUS hot-tempered → 1620 obs.
► BIRSIE hot-tempered, passionate → 1825 Sc.
► BRISTLY hot-tempered → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FUMISH hot-tempered, irascible, passionate; exhibiting anger → 1523 obs.
► GASEOUS hot-tempered → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GASSY hot-tempered → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HAIR-TRIGGERED hot-tempered → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOT-BLOODED passionate; hot-tempered → a1616
► IROUS given to anger, hot-tempered, irascible → 1303 obs.
► LOADED hot-tempered → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PRICKLISH hot-tempered → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► QUICK hasty, impatient, hot-tempered → 1549 obs.
► QUICK ON THE TRIGGER hot-tempered → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SPICY hot-tempered → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TEMPERSOME hot-tempered, passionate, hasty-tempered → 19C Eng. dial.
► WARM hot-tempered, angry → 1547
NOUNS – PERSON
► GINGERSNAP a hot-tempered person, esp. one with ginger hair → 1889 US obs.
► HARDHEAD a rebellious, non-conformist Black person; a hot-tempered or pugnacious person; a troublemaker → 1935 African-American sl.
► PEPPERPOT a quick-tempered or hot-tempered person → 1894
► SHIT-FIRE a contemptuous term for a hot-tempered person; a mean, nasty person → 1598 sl.
► SPUNKIE ► SPUNKY a fiery, hot-tempered or irritable person → 1821 Sc.
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