querulous
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
querulous /ˈkwɛrʊləs, ˈkwɛrjʊləs/
▶adjective complaining in a petulant or whining manner.
– derivatives
querulously adverb,
querulousness noun.
querulously adverb,
querulousness noun.
– origin C15: from late L. querulosus, from L. querulus, from queri ‘complain’.
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