A Word With You
June 15th, 2009
quer⋅u⋅lous
ˈkwɛr ə ləs,ˈkwɛr [kwer-uh-luh s, kwer-yuh-] –adjective
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1. |
full of complaints; complaining. |
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2. |
characterized by or uttered in complaint; peevish: a querulous tone; constant querulous reminders of things to be done. |
Origin:
1490–1500; < L querulus, equiv. to quer(ī) to complain + -ulus -ulous
Ah, we’ve reached the dreaded Q. Actually I like Q words, they are often distinctive, tricky, and fun to pronounce, everything I love in a word. As you’ve probably noticed, Q words don’t like to travel solo, always with that trusty U tagging along to complete them. I haven’t decided if that is endearing or pathetic.
Grammar Punk Sentence Example: Querulous | S O 4 Conj. ?
Feeling cross and querulous and out of sorts, the librarian re-shelved all of the misplaced volumes; whatever happened to alphabetical order?
Now you try a sentence!
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