Dictionary

squabblesome en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree North Germanicbor.? English squabble Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English squabblesome From squabble + -some.

Meanings

1. Prone to squabble.
   • You can have Church of England and Unitarian and Buddhist under the same roof without courting disaster; the only Buddhist I ever had down here quarrelled with everybody, but that was on account of his naturally squabblesome temperament; it had nothing to do with his religion. 1919, Saki, “The Oversight”, in The Toys of Peace and Other Papers, London: John Lane the Bodley Head, page 256:

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Synonyms

quarrelsome