QUERULOUS


Meaning of QUERULOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkwer-yə-ləs, -ə-ləs also ]

ˈkwir- adjective

Etymology: Middle English querelose, from Latin querulus, from queri to complain

Date: 15th century

1. : habitually complaining

2. : fretful , whining

a querulous voice

• quer·u·lous·ly adverb

• quer·u·lous·ness noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.