Definition of querulous

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quer·u·lous    (kwr-ls, kwry-) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

1. Given to complaining; peevish.
2. Expressing a complaint or grievance; grumbling: a querulous voice; querulous comments.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English querulose, litigious, quarrelsome, from Old French querelos, from Late Latin querulsus, querulous, from Latin querulus, from quer, to complain; see kwes- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
queru·lous·ly(Adverb), queru·lous·ness(Noun)