squabblesome

English

Etymology

squabble +‎ -some

Adjective

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, London: John Lane the Bodley Head, p. 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.
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