techy

noun, plural tech·ies.

1. techie.

adjective, tech·i·er, tech·i·est.

1. tetchy.

noun Informal.

1. a student, enthusiast, or specialist in a particular technical field or subject, especially electronics.
2. a person with skills or knowledge related to technology, especially computing; information technologist.
3. a technician, as for a stage crew.

adjective, tetch·i·er, tetch·i·est.

1. irritable; touchy.

noun, adjective plural techies

1. informal a variant spelling of techie

adjective techier or techiest

1. a variant spelling of tetchy

noun plural techies

1. a person who is skilled in the use of technological devices, such as computers

adjective

2. of, relating to, or skilled in the use of technological devices, such as computers

adjective tetchier or tetchiest

1. being or inclined to be cross, irritable, or touchy

adj.“easily irritated,” 1592, teachie, in “Romeo & Juliet” I.iii.32; of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Middle English tatch “a mark, quality,” derived via Old French from Vulgar Latin *tecca, from a Germanic source akin to Old English tacen (see token). n.one well-versed in the latest technology, by 1984.