rantankerous
/ranˈtaŋk(ə)rəs/US informal and regional (chiefly southern ). Now rare
adjective
Ill-tempered, quarrelsome, ‘ornery’; = cantankerous.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in James Kirke Paulding (1778–1860). Alteration of cantankerous, probably after either rancorous or rant.
- fruit fly
- fruitful
- fruitfully
- fruitfulness
- fruit gum
- fruitily
- fruitiness
- fruiting body
- fruition
- fruit juice
- fruit knife
- numerical analysis
- numerical aperture
- numerical card
- numerical control
- numerically
- numerically controlled
- numerical order
- numerical taxonomic
- numerical taxonomy
- numerical value
- numeric keypad
- numeric pad
- numerist
- numerological