curmudgeonly

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Characteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish.
    — In A League of Their Own (1992), as the shouty baseball coach to an all-girls team, he's once again a curmudgeonly but lovable mentor figure.

词形变化

curmudgeonlier comparative more curmudgeonly comparative curmudgeonliest superlative most curmudgeonly superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English curmudgeon
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English curmudgeonly
From curmudgeon + -ly.
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