[DOC] [TLE] Cantankerous - definition of cantankerous by The Free Dictionary [PAR] Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable: disliked her cantankerous landlord. 
... [Perhaps from Middle English contek, dissension (influenced by such words as 
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tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable: disliked her cantankerous ... Perhaps 
from Middle English contek, dissension (influenced by such words as ... However, 
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grumpy or ... Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable: disliked her 
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brain ... which likely derives from the Middle English's contek meaning 
dissension, ... Meanings: quarrelsome, disagreeable, ill-tempered, irascible, and 
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temper - stung by the acrimonious remark. .... CANTANKEROUS: Ill-natured; 
quarrelsome  showed a cantankerous and sullen disposition. ... COERCION: 
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Question: Meaning ill-tempered & quarrelsome, it may come from Middle English meaning "dissension"
Answer: cantankerous