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quer·u·lous

(kw

-l

s, kw

-) KEY

ADJECTIVE:

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

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)

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