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quarrelous

adj
/ˈkwɒɹələs/UK

Etymology

From quarrel + -ous.

  1. derived from *kʷetwóres✻ — “four”
  2. derived from quadrum — “a square; square section; regular shape or form”
  3. derived from quarellus
  4. derived from quarel
  5. derived from quarrel
  6. derived from quarel
  7. inherited from quarrel — “bolt for an arbalest, crossbow, or siege engine; (figurative) seductive glance, temptation to sin; needle (possibly one square in cross-section); small (perhaps square-shaped) opening in window tracery; a cushion (perhaps square-shaped)”
  8. suffixed as quarrelous — “quarrel + ous”

Definitions

  1. Quarrelsome

    Quarrelsome; argumentative.

    • Is it not better for a man to suspend his owne perswasion, than to meddle with these sedicious and quarellous [translating quereleuses] divisions?

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