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carnaptious

carnaptious adjective: bad-tempered, quarrelsome, snappy.

Adjective

carnaptious (comparative more carnaptious, superlative most carnaptious)

  1. bad-tempered, quarrelsome, snappy

Forms of carnaptious

comparativemore carnaptious
superlativemost carnaptious

Origin of carnaptious

Borrowed from Scots carnaptious.

Questions about carnaptious

What does carnaptious mean?
Carnaptious means bad-tempered, quarrelsome, snappy.
What part of speech is carnaptious?
Carnaptious is an adjective.

Words near carnaptious in the dictionary

  1. carnapper
  2. carnappers
  3. carnapping
  4. carnappings
  5. carnaps
  6. carnaptious
  7. carnaries
  8. carnaroli
  9. Carnarvon
  10. Carnarvonshire
  11. carnary

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