quarrelous
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkwɒɹələs/
Adjective
quarrelous (comparative more quarrelous, superlative most quarrelous)
- (now US) Quarrelsome; argumentative.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:, II.12:
- Is it not better for a man to suspend his owne perswasion, than to meddle with these sedicious and quarellous [translating quereleuses] divisions?