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cantankerosities

cantankerosities is the plural of cantankerosity.

Meaning of cantankerosity

Noun

cantankerosity (countable and uncountable, plural cantankerosities)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being cantankerous.
    • Sir, the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. Keitt] made a speech, and if I may be allowed to coin a word, I will say it had more cantankerosity in it than any speech I ever heard on this floor.1856, Defence of Massachusetts. Speech of Hon. Anson Burlingame, of Massachusetts, in the United States House of Representatives, June 21, 1856., Cambridge, Mass.: Printed for private distribution...
  2. (countable, rare) Someone or something that is cantankerous.
    • His whole life is one prolonged cantankerosity.1880 December, “On Angularities and Cantankerousness”, in London Society. An Illustrated Magazine of Light and Amusing Literature for the Hours of Relaxation., volume XXXVIII, number CCXXVIII...

Questions about cantankerosities

What is cantankerosities the plural of?
Cantankerosities is the plural of cantankerosity.

Words near cantankerosities in the dictionary

  1. cantaloupe
  2. cantaloupes
  3. cantaloupey
  4. cantaloups
  5. cantals
  6. cantankerosities
  7. cantankerosity
  8. cantankerous
  9. cantankerously
  10. cantankerousness
  11. Cantao-an

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