Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Wordlover Wednesday: Cantankerous

Todays Wordlover Word is...

Cantankerous (kan-TANG-kuhr-uhs)
Adjective- Difficult to deal with: ill-tempered, quarrelsome. 
Earliest Documented Use- 1736
Example- "What a crusty, cantankerous old man."

Discover more about this word here: http://wordsmith.org/words/cantankerous.html
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  1. Adriana @ BooksOnHerMindMarch 13, 2013 at 10:09 AM

    What? I thought it was cankerous. It must be two different things. You are confusing me with these look alike words (;

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