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WORD FOR THE DAY(4/9/18)querulous
Merriam Webster
| 4/9/18
Posted on 04/09/2018 8:06:45 AM PDT by left that other site
WORD FOR THE DAY(4/9/18)
querulous
adjective quer·u·lous \ ˈkwer-yə-ləs , -ə-ləs also ˈkwir- \
• • • • • • Definition of querulous
1 : habitually complaining
2 : fretful, whining
• a querulous voice
— querulously
adverb
— querulousness
noun Examples of querulous in a Sentence
1. car trips that were frequently spoiled by a couple of querulous passengers in the back
Recent Examples of querulous from the Web
• Kate Kearney-Patch's Marína, the old nurse who knows how to soothe the querulous personalities around, doesn't want the spotlight, but her presence deserves to be felt more strongly.
— charles mcnulty, latimes.com, "A spectacular new 'Uncle Vanya' at San Diego's Old Globe," 21 Feb. 2018
• Even allowing for the querulous spirit that opinion polls often seem to inspire, this is an astonishing thing for the majority of the population to agree to in a country as stable, peaceful, rich, and successful as today’s Britain.
— david goodhart, National Review, "On the Road to Somewhere, the Divide between Elites and Populists," 21 Aug. 2017
• In one drawing, a pair of women and a pair of men sit kibbitzing on benches in Union Square; Katz captures all four physiognomies and expressions—from a querulous, sharp-nosed woman to a sympathetic, shovel-chinned man—with vigilant specificity.
— The New Yorker, "Alex Katz," 22 May 2017
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Did You Know?
English speakers have tagged fearful whiners "querulous" since late medieval times. The Middle English form of the word, "querelose," was an adaptation of the Latin adjective, querulus, which in turn evolved from the Latin verb queri, meaning "to complain." "Queri" is also an ancestor of the English words "quarrel" and "quarrelsome," but it isn't an ancestor of the noun "query" (meaning "question"). No need to complain that we're being coy; we're happy to let you know that "query" descends from the Latin verb quaerere, meaning "to ask."
Origin and Etymology of querulous
Middle English querelose, from Latin querulus, from queri to complain
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First Known Use: 15th century
querulous Synonyms
Synonyms
crabby, cranky, fussy, grouchy, grumpy
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MY ENTRY: Often, the most querulous people are the very ones who have nothing to complain about.
To: secret garden; VRWCmember; SoothingDave; Texan5; NicknamedBob; TruthShallSetYouFree; theDentist; ...
Sorry for the late entry!
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posted on
04/09/2018 8:07:56 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: left that other site
I will not be scandalous by calling you scurrilous for being querulous....................
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posted on
04/09/2018 8:11:34 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/09/2018 8:12:25 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: left that other site
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posted on
04/09/2018 8:14:48 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
To: left that other site
Being querulous is the major trait of Never Trumpsters.
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posted on
04/09/2018 8:24:12 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(Democrats are having trouble with their MAMA campaign, (Make America Mexico Again), versus MAGA!)
To: left that other site
et tu aussi c’est moi, cheri.
We know who the whiners are. Now we need to stop listening. They have nothing to say.
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posted on
04/09/2018 8:25:39 AM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(Islam is Satans finest work.)
To: Grampa Dave
Indeed! You got that right! :-)
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posted on
04/09/2018 8:34:42 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: Louis Foxwell
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posted on
04/09/2018 8:35:09 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: left that other site
LGBTIAGXYZ Alphabet-soupers & self-styled “queers” are among the most querulous querelosers around these days…
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posted on
04/09/2018 8:59:50 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Blessed Eastertide BUMP)
To: mikrofon
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posted on
04/09/2018 10:49:25 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: left that other site
Just got in from work-
Is Hillary going to tour forever
And in that voice so querulous
Blaming everyone who listens
For making her life so perilous?
Her ideas of “peril” of course
Include being held accountable
For blaming sexism for her loss
And faking odds insurmountable
She can’t accept any of the truth
Such as what sent her odds south
Was that contempt for all of us
Coming out of her own big mouth...
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posted on
04/09/2018 11:14:53 AM PDT
by
Texan5
("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
To: Texan5
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posted on
04/09/2018 12:07:01 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: left that other site
McStain, he who we do not name, is a querulous wretch as evidenced by
my post.
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posted on
04/09/2018 4:01:05 PM PDT
by
thingumbob
(Antifa. Carrying on Hitler's legacy one beating at a time.)
To: thingumbob
a querulous wretch!
YES! hahaha
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posted on
04/09/2018 4:23:20 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: left that other site
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posted on
04/09/2018 5:18:18 PM PDT
by
MoochPooch
(I'm a compassionate cynic.)
To: MoochPooch
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posted on
04/09/2018 7:08:45 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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