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high-strung (comparativemorehigh-strung,superlativemosthigh-strung)

1. (informal, idiomatic)Nervous;anxious;excited orexcitable.

   Three cups of coffee made him a fidgety andhigh-strung lecturer.

   • 1925 July –1926 May,A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, inThe Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia:Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     "Why, you're shakin' all over!" "I suppose I wouldn't be a medium if I wasn'thigh strung."

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