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crotchety
What does crotchety mean?
crotchety (adjective): having a difficult and contrary disposition.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce crotchety?
/ˈkɹɑtʃəti/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does crotchety come from?
From crotchet + -y, using crotchet in the 16th-century sense of a whim or fancy.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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