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querulous
What does querulous mean?
querulous (adjective): habitually complaining.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce querulous?
/ˈkwɛɹələs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does querulous come from?
From Old French querelos, from Late Latin querulōsus, from Latin querulus, from queror (“to complain”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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habitually complaining
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