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Today's Word "querulous"

Apt to find fault on Sep 2, 2024

Published in Vocabulary

querulous \KWER-uh-luhs; -yuh\ (adjective) - 1 : Apt to find fault; habitually complaining. 2 : Expressing complaint; fretful; whining.

"For a younger man, he suddenly sounded like a querulous uncle. Or how she'd imagined a querulous uncle would sound." -- Anne Bishop, 'Belladonna'

 

Querulous comes from Latin querulus, from queri, "to complain."