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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kroch-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkrɒtʃ ɪ ti |
Definition of crotchety
Origin :- 1825, from crotchet "whim or fancy" + -y (2). But the sense evolution is obscure.
- adj irritable, often due to old age
- Oh, he's old and lame, I suppose, and has a crotchety temper.
- Extract from : « For the Sake of the School » by Angela Brazil
- And I've no doubt you think me simply a disagreeable, crotchety old person.
- Extract from : « Torchy, Private Sec. » by Sewell Ford
- Like all radicals and reformers they had a fringe of unbalanced and crotchety folk.
- Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam
- He was poor and crotchety, and as regards professional matters unsteady.
- Extract from : « Orley Farm » by Anthony Trollope
- The ill-natured, crotchety, old—the fact is, he is a misogynist.
- Extract from : « A Simpleton » by Charles Reade
- In the flesh he had been a crabbed and crotchety ancient addicted to drink.
- Extract from : « The Belovd Vagabond » by William J. Locke
- Unfortunately, many of these godly men were crotchety and unpractical.
- Extract from : « A Student's History of England, v. 2 (of 3) » by Samuel R. Gardiner.
- She is the most persistent woman I know, and the most crotchety.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No.690 » by Various
- He was a crotchety old fellow in the primary stage of drink.
- Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
- He is too crotchety ever to be the great leader of a great party.
- Extract from : « The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 » by Various
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