Cantankerosity

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being cantankerous. uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    Someone or something that is cantankerous. countable, rare

    "His whole life is one prolonged cantankerosity."

Synonyms

All synonyms
cantankerousness

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From cantanker(ous) + -osity.

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