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Webster 1913 Edition

Cantankerous

Can-tan′ker-ous

,

Adj.

Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious.

[Colloq.]

–

Can-tan′ker-ous-ly

,

adv.

–

Can-tan′ker-ous-ness

,

Noun.

The

cantankerous

old maiden aunt.

Thackeray.