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quarrelsome, a.|ˈkwɒrəlsəm|
[f. quarrel n.3 + -some.]
1. Inclined to quarrel; given to, or characterized by, quarrelling. † Const. at.
1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. i. ii. 13 My Mr is growne quarrelsome. 1616W. Sclater Serm. 10 Weigh well how..quarrelsome at the liues of magistrates the people are. a1639W. Whately Prototypes i. xvi. (1640) 161 A quarrelsome fellow, still brawling and falling out. 1681Anne Wyndham King's Concealm. 78 This quarrelsom Gossipping was a most seasonable diversion. 1749Fielding Tom Jones v. ix, Men who are ill-natured and quarrelsome when they are drunk. 1818Scott Rob Roy xii, The wine rendered me loquacious, disputatious and quarrelsome. 1879Mrs. Seguin Blk. Forest viii. 115 The lords of Windeck..were of a specially quarrelsome temper.
2. Offensive, disagreeable. nonce-use.
1825Coleridge Aids Refl. App. i. (1836) 35 Technical terms, hard to be remembered, and alike quarrelsome to the ear and the tongue.
Hence ˈquarrelsomely adv.
1755in Johnson. 1873R. Broughton Nancy III. 132 In an aggressively loud voice, as if he were quarrelsomely anxious to be overheard. 1880Mrs. Parr Adam & Eve II. vii. 147 The crowd grew..quarrelsomely drunk. |