10 January 2015

antsy

[ant-see]

adjective, antsier, antsiest. Informal.
1. unable to sit or stand still; fidgety:
The children were bored and antsy.
2. apprehensive, uneasy, or nervous:
I’m a little antsy since hearing those storm warnings.

Origin
1950-1955; ant + -s3+ -y1; cf. -sy

Related forms
antsiness, noun

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Examples from the web for antsy
– As the prayers and hymns flow one after the other, they become antsy.
– No surprise that lawmakers, goaded by civil-liberties groups, began to get antsy.
– After too many hours cramped in that place you start to get antsy.

Anagram

Nasty

Today’s aphorism

To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.

– Aristotle

On this day

10 January 1946 – the inaugural meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, with 51 nations, convenes in London.

10 January 1949 – RCA introduces the world’s first vinyl record which played at 45rpm while Columbia released the world’s first vinyl record which played at 33rpm.

10 January 1998 – Night of Noah, Townsville. The city was drenched with rains from ex-Tropical Cyclone Sid. In a 24-hour period, 549mm fell on the city as recorded by the Bureau of Meteorology, however of this, more than 500mm during a 12 hour period. There were unofficial recordings that exceeded 700mm during this period.

10 January 2011 – Flash flooding strikes Toowoomba, Queensland, after 160mm of rain falls in 36 hours, killing four people. The flood water flowed down the Toowoomba range, inundating properties in the Lockyer Valley, including Grantham, Withcott, Helidon, killing nine people.