crotchety
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| —adj | |
| 1. | informal cross; irritable; contrary |
| 2. | full of crotchets |
| 'crotchetiness | |
| —n | |
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Crotchety
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
crotchety
1825, from crotchet (q.v.) "whim or fancy," but the sense evolution is obscure.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Elaine is used to writers being crotchety, bored and sullen.
Her complex, crotchety inventions surprise us, but one senses they surprise her too.
Suddenly your crotchety neighbor starts up his roaring snowblower, shattering your peace.
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