wranglesome

English

Etymology

wrangle +‎ -some

Adjective

wranglesome (comparative more wranglesome, superlative most wranglesome)

Characterised or marked by wrangling; inclined to wrangle or squabble; quarrelsome.
- 1830, John Fanning Watson, Annals of Philadelphia:
  They remind one of wranglesome children- perpetually plotting , and counterplotting against each other
- 2009, Laura Frantz, The Frontiersman's Daughter:
  “Dinna be so wranglesome, Lael Click. It doesna become you.” She shot back, “I'm not the only wranglesome one here!”
- 2013, George Francis Dow, Slave Ships and Slaving:
  Pike got drunk and was very “wranglesome.”

References

“wranglesome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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