Quar'rel-oūs, a.

(kwŏr'rel-us), a. [O. Fr. querelleux, Pr. querelos, Sp. querelloso, quejoso, Pg. quereloso, It. quereloso, queruloso, querulo, Lat. querulosus and querulus, from queri, to complain. See QUARREL, n.] Apt or disposed to quarrel; petulant; easily provoked to enmity or contention. [Obs.] [Written also quarreller.]