cranksome

cranksome

English

Etymology

From crank +‎ -some.

Adjective

cranksome (comparative more cranksome, superlative most cranksome)

1. Characterised by cranking or crankiness; cranky
   • 1894, London Society - Volume 65:

     “So he do; but then he's such a cranksome kind of old body. Ten to one if you speak to him he won't give you a civil answer.”

   • 2002, Joan Aiken, The Whispering Mountain:

     “[...] Hiccup knows, we had enough trouble ferreting out the way here, along those tortive, cranksome pash—hic, pardon me—passages of yotun down below.”