carnaptiousadj.
/kɑːˈnapʃəs/, /kəˈnapʃəs/, U.S. /kɑrˈnæpʃəs/, /kəˈnæpʃəs/, Scottish English /karˈnapʃəs/, /kərˈnapʃəs/, Irish English /kɑːrˈnæpʃəs/, /kərˈnæpʃəs/ Scottish and Irish English dialect.
Bad-tempered; quarrelsome; cantankerous.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adjective]
stour1303
thwarta1325
elvishc1386
wrawc1386
wrawfulc1386
crabbeda1400
crousea1400
cursedc1400
doggeda1425
currishc1460
disagreeable1474
dour1488
thrawn1488
terne?1507
apirsmarta1522
crustyc1570
incommodious1570
bilious1571
mischievous-stomached1577
thrawn-faced1578
thrawn-mowit1578
wearisha1586
shrewish1596
rhubarbative1600
crabbish1606
ill-tempereda1616
cur-like1627
thrawn-faceda1628
terned1638
cross1639
splenial1641
frumpish1647
wry1649
bad-tempered1671
hot-tempered1673
sidy1673
ugly1687
ornery1692
cankerya1699
ramgunshoch1721
cantankerousc1736
frumpy1746
unhappy1756
grumpy1778
crabby1791
grumpish1797
thraw-gabbit18..
snarlish1813
cranky1821
stuntya1825
ill-natured1825
nattery1825
rantankerous1832
foul-tempered1835
cacochymical1836
as cross as two sticks1842
grumphy1846
knappy1855
carnaptious1858
cussed1858
three-cornered1863
snotty1870
sniffy1871
snorty1893
grouchy1895
scratchy1925
tight1950
stroppy1951
snitty1978
arsey1989
1858 Ulster Jrnl. Archæol. 6 44 A nivver seen wan so curnaptious.
1879 W. G. Lyttle Humorous Readings by Robin 48 (S.N.D.) He's a cross carnapshus wee brat, so he is!
1931 H. S. Roberton Curdies 114 (S.N.D.) That belangt to ane they ca'd Rab Frew, a carnaptious auld deevil he was.
1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 June 459/3 The carnaptious old Irish hotel-keeper.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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