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Definition of Tizzy
1. Noun. An excited state of agitation. "There was a terrible flap about the theft"
Generic synonyms: Agitation
Derivative terms: Dither, Flap, Fuss, Pother, Pother
Definition of Tizzy
1. Noun. A state of nervous excitement, confusion, or distress; a dither. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tizzy
1. a state of nervous confusion [n -ZIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tizzy
Literary usage of Tizzy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Howitt's Journal by William Howitt, Mary Botham Howitt (1847)
"'"You do, tizzy ?" said the young man, starting. Guard him,'all Good Influences.
... "V—rio tizzy ; but we must not think of this. " Why ? ..."
2. The Nineteenth Century (1889)
"For my part I honestly liked Sebastian, and I often got him to lend me a ' tizzy,'
as we called a sixpence, after school. But I always pinched him, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"tizzy Poole (Winchester), an old term for a fives' ball. They cost sixpence, and
were sold to the boys by a head porter named Poole. ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1853)
"After the lesson was over, and seemingly anxious to know how far the interdict
extended, she put this question : 1 ' tizzy, [an early attempt at cousin, ..."
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