Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

squabblesome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: squab-ble-some
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Prone to squabble.

Example Sentences

"You can have Church of England and Unitarian and Buddhist under the same roof without courting disaster; the only Buddhist I ever had down here quarrelled with everybody, but that was on account of his naturally squabblesome temperament; it had nothing to do with his religion."

Etymology

Etymology tree North Germanicbor.? English squabble Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English squabblesome From squabble + -some.

Inflected Forms

more squabblesome (comparative) most squabblesome (superlative)

Synonyms

quarrelsome

Questions

What does squabblesome mean?: Prone to squabble.
Where does squabblesome come from?: Etymology tree North Germanicbor.? English squabble Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English squabblesome From squabble + -some.

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