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quarrelsome

adj
/ˈkwɒɹəlsəm/UK/ˈkwɔɹəlsəm/US/ˈkwɑɹəlsəm/

Etymology

From quarrel + -some.

  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 quarrelsome — “quarrel + some”

Definitions

  1. Argumentative

    Argumentative; fond of or prone to quarreling.

    • She's too quarrelsome to participate in a civil conversation.
    • And let a Man bevvare, hovv he keepeth Company, vvith Cholerick and Quarelſome Perſons; for they vvill engage him into their ovvne Quarels.
    • Rampion grown in the cottage garden made the children of the house quarrelsome; breathing deeply into a handful of mint refreshed your senses, but aconite could cause your death.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at quarrelsome. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at quarrelsome. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at quarrelsome

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA