tift

See also: Tift

English

Etymology

Compare Norwegian teft (“a scent”). See tiff (“noun”).

Noun

tift (plural tifts)

(dated) A fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff.
- 1818, Blackwood's Magazine
  After all your fatigue you seem as ready for a tift with me as if you had newly come from church.

References

“tift”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

fitt

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