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quarrellousquarrelousadj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quarrel n.2, -ous suffix. Etymology: < quarrel n.2 (compare forms at that entry) + -ous suffix. In sense 1 perhaps after post-classical Latin querelosus (also querellosus) quarrelsome, complaining (Vulgate; 3rd cent.), painful, distressing (4th or 5th cent. in Augustine), of or relating to a dispute (6th cent.). In sense 2 after Middle French querelleux plaintive (1483 in the passage translated in quot. 1490 at sense 2; c1260 in Old French as querelous , quereleus in sense ‘quarrelsome, litigious’, and subsequently in this sense from the first half of the 16th cent. (at first in specific sense ‘keen on lawsuits’); French querelleux ). Compare Catalan querellós complaining, quarrelsome (late 13th cent. as †querelos ), Spanish querelloso plaintive (first half of the 13th cent.; frequently from 12th cent. as noun in spec. sense ‘plaintiff’), Portuguese quereloso quarrelsome, given to complaining (13th cent.), Italian quereloso given to complaining (a1342; now archaic). Compare slightly later querulous adj. the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [adjective] > complaining society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adjective] > quarrelsome the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adjective] > captiously c1450 ABC of Aristotle (Lamb. 853) in (2002) i. 12 To queynte, ne to quarelose [v.r. Querelous], but queeme weel ȝoure souereyns. c1460 (?c1400) 2071 They were so querelouse, of al myȝt com in mynde, Thouȝe it were nevir in dede I-do. 1546 J. Bale f. 32v She myght wele haue sayd wyth Dauid. Delyuer me lorde from the quarelouse dealynges of men. ?1567 M. Parker xxxiiii. 84 To scape theyr foes so quarilous. 1588 W. Lambarde (new ed.) ii. vii. 220 Youth..whether brawling, quarrelous, lightfingred or bloudiehanded. 1610 Bp. J. Hall 83 His Maiesties speech..might haue staied the course of your quarrelous pen. a1639 J. Spottiswood (1677) ii. 66 This Gentleman had been in former times very quarrellous and turbulent. a1656 J. Hales (1659) i. 95 This quarrellous and fighting humour. 1751 32 A Midshipman..of an insolent querelous Temper. 1877 T. Cooper 40 As, when upon a seat of gamesome hares, Or brood of quarrellous birds, the soaring kite Stoops suddenly. 1920 30 Aug. 8/2 Automobile speeders, drinkers of whiskey and quarrelous nature are helping the city of Bismarck pay policemen at the rate of about $700 a year. 1957 11 Feb. b6/2 When told there was none available, Everhart became quarrelous and refused to leave the premises. 1992 P. S. Raman tr. A. Sen 131 The hard work made them quarrellous. the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [adjective] the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [adjective] > complaining > peevishly or querulously 1490 W. Caxton tr. xxii. 80 Grete wepynges and quarellouse [Fr. querelleuses] plaintes. 1581 J. Hamilton i. f. 19v Thir ar murmurers, querelus [L. querulosi]. 1615 Bp. J. Hall No Peace with Rome ii, in 840 That querelous libell of the Macedonians. a1661 T. Fuller (1662) Kent 74 Generally the Irish are querelous of their Deputies..yet Sir Henry left a good memory. Derivatives society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adverb] > quarrelsomely 1580 A. Munday sig. Bii Everie desperate Dick, that can..behave him selfe so quarrelously. 1606 W. Birnie vii As if..they would quarrelously demand the combate. 1728 E. Young (ed. 2) vi. 138 His wounded ears complaints eternal fill, As unoil'd hinges, querelously shrill. 1980 3 June 16/3 You picture the luckless fellow buttonholing people all those years and telling quarrelously, ‘I had Greenberg out, you know. I swear it.’ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] 1634 M. Casaubon tr. M. Aurelius i. 1 To do my business, whatever it be, thoroughly, and without querelousnesse. 1643 W. Prynne Epist. The querelousnesse of the clamorous Opposites. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  adj.c1450 |
