querulousadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈkwɛr(j)ᵿləs/, U.S.

/ˈkwɛr(j)ələs/

Forms: late Middle English querulose, 1500s– querulous, 1600s quer'llous, 1600s querrulous; Scottish pre-1700 querrulous, 1700s– querulous.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin querulosus ; Latin querulus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin querulosus given to complaining (Vulgate; from 8th cent. (frequently from 12th cent.) in British sources; apparently alteration of querelosus (see quarrellous adj.) after classical Latin querulus full of complaints ( < querī to express discontent, complain, to make a formal complaint, of unknown origin + -ulus -ulus suffix)), or directly < classical Latin querulus + -ous suffix. Compare Italian querulo (1525). Compare earlier quarrellous adj. and foreign-language forms cited at that entry.

a. Of a person: complaining, given to complaining, full of complaints; fault-finding; peevish. Also as n.: querulous people as a class.In quot. c1475 possibly for querelous quarrellous adj. Some other early quots. tend to imply critical opposition rather than peevishness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [adjective] > complaining > peevishly or querulously

girning1447

querulousc1475

quarrellous1490

whining15..

wailish?1548

querimonious1604

whinging1720

peeping1786

honing1802

whiny1854

Peter Grievous1875

grizzly1900

bellyaching1931

c1475 Mankind (1969) 211 (MED) My body wyth my soull ys euer querulose [rhyme house].

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. xi. 159 Although they [sc. the Jews] were a people mightilie hated of all others throughout the world, although by nature hard harted, querulous, wrathful & impatient of rest and quietnes, yet was there nothing of force eyther one way or other to worke the ruine and subuersion of their state.

1595 J. Stradling tr. J. Lipsius Two Bks. Constancie ii. xxv. 122 Geue strength, giue fit opportunity or instruments and I fear me that they which now are so querulous against mightie men, will be most vnruly themselues.

a1610 J. Healey tr. Theophrastus Characters 63 in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1616) These are the maners of a querrulous waiward man: That if a friend send him a modicum from a banquet, he will say..This is the reason I was not inuited: you vouchsafe mee not a little pottage and your hedgewine.

1616 B. Jonson Wks. (1994) 862 The querulous nature shall no longer find Roome for his thoughts: One pure consent of mind Shall flow in euery brest.

1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 242 I would have no godly man be over querulous, when God hath done so much for us.

1711 R. L. Lloyd Serm. Preach’d at St. Paul’s 7 This was a People always querulous and complaining, very prone to Lamentations and Wailings.

1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. v. 344 In this ruffled and querulous state of his mind.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 73. ⁋1 The querulous are seldom received with great ardour of kindness.

1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. II. 195 He was naturally querulous and jaundiced in his views.

1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xxvi. 445 His sons and nephews were equally querulous and dissatisfied.

1984 C. Wilson Lord of Underworld vi. 121 Ruth Bailey found him demanding and querulous, something of a spoilt child.

2006 N.Y. Sun (Nexis) 11 Sept. 13 The bigger the project, the greater the outcry, intelligent or otherwise, that is sure to arise from a querulous citizenry.

b. Of an animal or thing: uttering or producing sounds suggestive of complaint; plaintive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > [adjective]

complainingc1430

plainful1598

dismala1616

querulous1628

groaning1697

plaintive1697

gaunt1814

1628 T. May tr. Virgil Georgicks i. 19 The subtle Swallow flyes about the brooke, And querulous Frogs in muddy pooles doe croke [L. et ueterem in limo ranae cecinere querelam].

a1643 W. Cartwright Poems in Comedies (1651) sig. P^v Hither sad Lutes they nightly bring, And gently touch each querulous string.

1699 J. Pomfret Pastoral Ess. Death Queen Mary 174 Ye purling quer'llous Brooks! o'ercharged with grief.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. xi. 242 As the voices, mingling with a low querulous peal of the organ, swelled faintly, gloomy and affecting visions had arisen upon her mind.

1848 C. Dickens Haunted Man i. 10 One querulous old rook, unable to sleep, protested now and then.

a1918 W. Campbell Poet. Wks. (1922) 339 The querulous wind, That moans so piteous, like a feeble mind.

1932 A. Bell Cherry Tree xi. 151 The ducks..issued from under the hedge into the meadow in querulous procession, their bodies inclined grotesquely.

1995 L. Goodison To Us, All Flowers Are Roses 38 Small querulous birds feathers like swatches of earth graced with wings, opt for walking.

2. Of the nature of or characterized by complaining; expressing complaint.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [adjective]

quarrellous1490

querulous?c1550

querulental1785

querulential1806

?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Three Bks. Eng. Hist. (1844) xxiii. 100 Much mutual rehearsall of olde injuries, and querulous repetition, as well of late as of almost forgotten faultes.

1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell iii. 18 French..hath a whining kind of querulous tone.

1677 N. Tate Poems 72 Philomel her querulous Song shall cease, And from my sorrows, learn more Tragick Theams!

1714 Spectator No. 618. ⁋2 His Versification..should be soft, and all his Numbers flowing and querulous.

1783 S. Johnson Let. 19 June (1994) IV. 153 I am almost ashamed of this querulous letter.

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxiv. 344 She..uttered a querulous cry of disappointment and misery.

1879 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 3rd Ser. iii. 117 The querulous comments of old ladies.

1926 Chambers's Jrnl. 543/2 Only once..was a querulous barracking voice raised.

1955 O. Manning Doves of Venus i. vii. 88 Petta heard the woman's voice, tiny, tinny, querulous, demanding some attention of some sort from the man.

1991 T. A. Broughton in W. Abrahams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1991 68 They had been thrown so close together in those final years of ill and querulous dependency.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	querulous
释义	querulousadj.n. Brit. /ˈkwɛr(j)ᵿləs/, U.S. /ˈkwɛr(j)ələs/ Forms: late Middle English querulose, 1500s– querulous, 1600s quer'llous, 1600s querrulous; Scottish pre-1700 querrulous, 1700s– querulous. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin querulosus ; Latin querulus , -ous suffix. Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin querulosus given to complaining (Vulgate; from 8th cent. (frequently from 12th cent.) in British sources; apparently alteration of querelosus (see quarrellous adj.) after classical Latin querulus full of complaints ( < querī to express discontent, complain, to make a formal complaint, of unknown origin + -ulus -ulus suffix)), or directly < classical Latin querulus + -ous suffix. Compare Italian querulo (1525). Compare earlier quarrellous adj. and foreign-language forms cited at that entry. 1. a. Of a person: complaining, given to complaining, full of complaints; fault-finding; peevish. Also as n.: querulous people as a class.In quot. c1475 possibly for querelous quarrellous adj. Some other early quots. tend to imply critical opposition rather than peevishness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [adjective] > complaining > peevishly or querulously girning1447 querulousc1475 quarrellous1490 whining15.. wailish?1548 querimonious1604 whinging1720 peeping1786 honing1802 whiny1854 Peter Grievous1875 grizzly1900 bellyaching1931 c1475 Mankind (1969) 211 (MED) My body wyth my soull ys euer querulose [rhyme house]. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. xi. 159 Although they [sc. the Jews] were a people mightilie hated of all others throughout the world, although by nature hard harted, querulous, wrathful & impatient of rest and quietnes, yet was there nothing of force eyther one way or other to worke the ruine and subuersion of their state. 1595 J. Stradling tr. J. Lipsius Two Bks. Constancie ii. xxv. 122 Geue strength, giue fit opportunity or instruments and I fear me that they which now are so querulous against mightie men, will be most vnruly themselues. a1610 J. Healey tr. Theophrastus Characters 63 in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1616) These are the maners of a querrulous waiward man: That if a friend send him a modicum from a banquet, he will say..This is the reason I was not inuited: you vouchsafe mee not a little pottage and your hedgewine. 1616 B. Jonson Wks. (1994) 862 The querulous nature shall no longer find Roome for his thoughts: One pure consent of mind Shall flow in euery brest. 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 242 I would have no godly man be over querulous, when God hath done so much for us. 1711 R. L. Lloyd Serm. Preach’d at St. Paul’s 7 This was a People always querulous and complaining, very prone to Lamentations and Wailings. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. v. 344 In this ruffled and querulous state of his mind. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 73. ⁋1 The querulous are seldom received with great ardour of kindness. 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. II. 195 He was naturally querulous and jaundiced in his views. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xxvi. 445 His sons and nephews were equally querulous and dissatisfied. 1984 C. Wilson Lord of Underworld vi. 121 Ruth Bailey found him demanding and querulous, something of a spoilt child. 2006 N.Y. Sun (Nexis) 11 Sept. 13 The bigger the project, the greater the outcry, intelligent or otherwise, that is sure to arise from a querulous citizenry. b. Of an animal or thing: uttering or producing sounds suggestive of complaint; plaintive. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > [adjective] complainingc1430 plainful1598 dismala1616 querulous1628 groaning1697 plaintive1697 gaunt1814 1628 T. May tr. Virgil Georgicks i. 19 The subtle Swallow flyes about the brooke, And querulous Frogs in muddy pooles doe croke [L. et ueterem in limo ranae cecinere querelam]. a1643 W. Cartwright Poems in Comedies (1651) sig. P^v Hither sad Lutes they nightly bring, And gently touch each querulous string. 1699 J. Pomfret Pastoral Ess. Death Queen Mary 174 Ye purling quer'llous Brooks! o'ercharged with grief. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. xi. 242 As the voices, mingling with a low querulous peal of the organ, swelled faintly, gloomy and affecting visions had arisen upon her mind. 1848 C. Dickens Haunted Man i. 10 One querulous old rook, unable to sleep, protested now and then. a1918 W. Campbell Poet. Wks. (1922) 339 The querulous wind, That moans so piteous, like a feeble mind. 1932 A. Bell Cherry Tree xi. 151 The ducks..issued from under the hedge into the meadow in querulous procession, their bodies inclined grotesquely. 1995 L. Goodison To Us, All Flowers Are Roses 38 Small querulous birds feathers like swatches of earth graced with wings, opt for walking. 2. Of the nature of or characterized by complaining; expressing complaint. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [adjective] quarrellous1490 querulous?c1550 querulental1785 querulential1806 ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Three Bks. Eng. Hist. (1844) xxiii. 100 Much mutual rehearsall of olde injuries, and querulous repetition, as well of late as of almost forgotten faultes. 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell iii. 18 French..hath a whining kind of querulous tone. 1677 N. Tate Poems 72 Philomel her querulous Song shall cease, And from my sorrows, learn more Tragick Theams! 1714 Spectator No. 618. ⁋2 His Versification..should be soft, and all his Numbers flowing and querulous. 1783 S. Johnson Let. 19 June (1994) IV. 153 I am almost ashamed of this querulous letter. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxiv. 344 She..uttered a querulous cry of disappointment and misery. 1879 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 3rd Ser. iii. 117 The querulous comments of old ladies. 1926 Chambers's Jrnl. 543/2 Only once..was a querulous barracking voice raised. 1955 O. Manning Doves of Venus i. vii. 88 Petta heard the woman's voice, tiny, tinny, querulous, demanding some attention of some sort from the man. 1991 T. A. Broughton in W. Abrahams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1991 68 They had been thrown so close together in those final years of ill and querulous dependency. 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