quarrelsome

Definition

Argumentative; fond of or prone to quarreling.

Etymology

From quarrel + -some.

Example Sentences

• "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."

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