crotchety

crotchety

English

WOTD – 29 April 2009

Alternative forms

• crochety

Etymology

crotchet +‎ -y, using crotchet in the 16th-century sense of a whim or fancy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɒtʃ.ə.tɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɑ.tʃɨ.ti/

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Adjective

crotchety (comparative crotchetier or more crotchety, superlative crotchetiest or most crotchety)

1. Cranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or fancies.

Translations

cranky, disagreeable or stubborn

Bulgarian: капризен (bg) (kaprizen) Czech: vrtošivý Finnish: oikukas (fi), äksy (fi)

German: launisch (de), quengelig, knatschig (de) Maori: kirikawa