snarlish, a.
(ˈsnɑːlɪʃ)
[f. snarl n.2 or v.2]
Somewhat snarly or ill-tempered.
| 1819 Pantologia VII. s.v Menippus, He wrote some snarlish satires, for which reason writings of that stamp have been sometimes called Menippean. 1848 Mozley Ess. (1878) I. 376 This excellent Henry accuses me..of being snarlish and quarrelsome. 1893 H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norf. 12 A snarlish fellow weak in the head. |