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† ˈquarrellous, a. Obs.
Forms: 5 querelous(e, quarelouse, 6 quaril-, quarel(l)-, 6–7 quarrel-, 6–7 quarrellous.
[a. OF. querelous (F. querelleux): see quarrel n.3 and -ous. In later use perh. a new formation.]
a. Given to complaining; querulous.
b. Quarrelsome, contentious; fault-finding. (In common use from about 1560 to 1650.)
c1400Beryn 2070 They were so querelouse of al myȝt com in mynde Thouȝe it were nevir indede I-do. c1475Lerne or be Lewde in Babees Bk. 10 [Be not] To Queynt, to Querelous, and Queme welle thy maistre. 1490Caxton Eneydos xxii. 80 Grete wepynges and quarellouse plaintes. 1556Abp. Parker Ps. xxxiv. 84 To scape theyr foes so quarilous. 1610Bp. Hall Apol. Brownists 83 His Maiesties speech..might haue staied the course of your quarrelous pen. a1639Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. ii. (1677) 66 This Gentleman had been in former times very quarrellous and turbulent. a1656Hales Gold. Rem. (1688) 113 This quarrellous and fighting humour.
Hence † ˈquarrellously adv.
1580A. Munday in John a Kent, etc. (Shaks. Soc.) 78 Everie desperate Dick that can..behave him selfe so quarrelously. |