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querimonious

UK/kwɛɹɪˈməʊnɪəs/

querimonious adjective: complaining; querulous.

Adjective

querimonious (comparative more querimonious, superlative most querimonious)

  1. Complaining; querulous.
    • When he spoke, too, his voice was like an old man's, harsh, yearning, querimonious.1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 190

Forms of querimonious

comparativemore querimonious
superlativemost querimonious

Origin of querimonious

From querimony + -ous.

Words formed from querimonious

Questions about querimonious

What does querimonious mean?
Querimonious means complaining; querulous.
What part of speech is querimonious?
Querimonious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce querimonious?
Querimonious is pronounced /kwɛɹɪˈməʊnɪəs/ (UK).

Words near querimonious in the dictionary

  1. queriman
  2. querimana
  3. querimanas
  4. querimans
  5. querimonies
  6. querimonious
  7. querimoniously
  8. querimoniousness
  9. querimony
  10. querisome
  11. querist

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