Obs. exc. dial. [f. TEEN sb.1] Characterized by ‘teen’; malicious; peevish.
1594. Carew, Tasso (1881), 102. [He] growes so teasty, that by teeny spight, Past reasons bounds he is transported quite.
1825. J. Neal, Bro. Jonathan, I. 342. A … teeny, mischievous, good for nothin’.
1847–78. Halliwell, Teeny … (2) Fretful; peevish; fractious. Lanc.
