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English
Etymology
Apparently from fratch + *-et (frequentative ending) + -y.
Adjective
fratchety (comparative more fratchety, superlative most fratchety)
- (UK, dialect) argumentative
1934, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Nine Tailors:[…] He hadn't hardly got over his illness and he was fratchety, like, as sick people will be.