quarrelsome

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

QUAR'RELSOME, adjective Apt to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; inclined to petty fighting; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric; petulant.
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