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Crotchety

//ˈkɹɑ.t͡ʃɪ.ti// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Cranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or fancies.

    "He wouldnt even let old Wilkie touch it do you remember Gerald but always gathered it himself and made his own julep. He was as crochety about his julep as an old maid, measuring everything by a recipe in his head."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having a difficult and contrary disposition wordnet

Etymology

From crotchet + -y, using crotchet in the 16th-century sense of a whim or fancy.

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