Can*tan"ker*ous (?), a.

Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious.

[Colloq.] -- Can*tan"ker*ous*ly, adv. -- Can*tan"ker*ous*ness, n.

The cantankerous old maiden aunt. Theckeray.

 

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