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rantankerous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rantan-ker-ous
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

argumentative; quarrelsome; cantankerous

American usage; Dated

Usage

Inflected Forms

more rantankerous (comparative) most rantankerous (superlative)

Questions

What does rantankerous mean?
argumentative; quarrelsome; cantankerous

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