wranglesome

English

Etymology

wrangle +‎ -some

Adjective

wranglesome (comparative more wranglesome, superlative most wranglesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by wrangling; inclined to wrangle or squabble; quarrelsome.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
    • 2009, Laura Frantz, The Frontiersman's Daughter:
      “Dinna be so wranglesome, Lael Click. It doesna become you.” She shot back, “I'm not the only wranglesome one here!”
    • 2013, George Francis Dow, Slave Ships and Slaving:
      Pike got drunk and was very “wranglesome.”

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for wranglesome in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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