crabbiness
i adjective, crab·bi·er, crab·bi·est.
Informal. grouchy; ill-natured; irritable; peevish.
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| —adj , -bier, -biest | |
| bad-tempered | |
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Crabbiness
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
crabby
1520s, in obs. sense "crooked, gnarled, rough," from extended sense of crab. Meaning "disagreeable, sour, peevish" is attested from 1776, Amer.Eng. Both senses were found earlier in crabbed (c.1510 and c.1300 respectively).
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