squabblesome

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English

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Etymology

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From squabble +‎ -some.

Adjective

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squabblesome (comparative more squabblesome, superlative most squabblesome)

  1. Prone to squabble.
    Synonym: quarrelsome
    • 1919, Saki, “The Oversight”, in The Toys of Peace and Other Papers[1], London: John Lane the Bodley Head, page 256:
      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.