querulous
/kˈweɹələs/KWEH-ruh-luhs
/kˈwɛɹələs/KWEH-ruh-luhs
Meaningcomplaining
Common meaning: complaining, peevish
- querto complain, lamentLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1509 · scan
- ulousadjective ending: inclined to
Journey through time
- Latinqueror, questus‘to complain, lament’
- Englishquerulous‘complaining, peevish’ · today
quer also in: quarrel
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin queror ‘to complain, lament’.
Roots
- queror, questus Latin “to complain, lament”
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