† ˈquarrellous, a. Obs.
Forms: 5 querelous(e, quarelouse, 6 quaril-, quarel(l)-, 6–7 quarrel-, 6–7 quarrellous.
[a. OF. querelous (F. querelleux): see quarrel n.3 and -ous. In later use perh. a new formation.]
a. Given to complaining; querulous. b. Quarrelsome, contentious; fault-finding. (In common use from about 1560 to 1650.)
| c 1400 Beryn 2070 They were so querelouse of al myȝt com in mynde Thouȝe it were nevir indede I-do. c 1475 Lerne or be Lewde in Babees Bk. 10 [Be not] To Queynt, to Querelous, and Queme welle thy maistre. 1490 Caxton Eneydos xxii. 80 Grete wepynges and quarellouse plaintes. 1556 Abp. Parker Ps. xxxiv. 84 To scape theyr foes so quarilous. 1610 Bp. Hall Apol. Brownists 83 His Maiesties speech..might haue staied the course of your quarrelous pen. a 1639 Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. ii. (1677) 66 This Gentleman had been in former times very quarrellous and turbulent. a 1656 Hales Gold. Rem. (1688) 113 This quarrellous and fighting humour. |
Hence † ˈquarrellously adv.
| 1580 A. Munday in John a Kent, etc. (Shaks. Soc.) 78 Everie desperate Dick that can..behave him selfe so quarrelously. |