† cantankern.

Etymology: Back-formation < cantanker- (in cantankerous adj.), like canker, cankerous.

Obsolete.

= cantankerousness n. at cantankerous adj. Derivatives.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1825 Canning Let. in Stapleton Canning & Times (1859) App. iv F. is cantankerous. He is also tricky. No man has a right to be both..Straightforwardness is the only excuse for cantanker.

Derivatives

cantankerate v. to provoke.

ΚΠ

1837–40 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) i. xxiv. 115 You may..cantankerate your opponents, and injure your own cause by it.

canˈtankersome adj. = cantankerous adj. (both U.S. colloquial).

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1837–40 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) iii. xii A terrible cross-grained cantankersome critter.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	cantanker
释义	† cantankern. Etymology: Back-formation < cantanker- (in cantankerous adj.), like canker, cankerous. Obsolete. = cantankerousness n. at cantankerous adj. Derivatives.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1825 Canning Let. in Stapleton Canning & Times (1859) App. iv F. is cantankerous. He is also tricky. No man has a right to be both..Straightforwardness is the only excuse for cantanker. Derivatives cantankerate v. to provoke. ΚΠ 1837–40 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) i. xxiv. 115 You may..cantankerate your opponents, and injure your own cause by it. canˈtankersome adj. = cantankerous adj. (both U.S. colloquial). ΚΠ 1837–40 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) iii. xii A terrible cross-grained cantankersome critter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1825
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