"squabbly" meaning in All languages combined

See squabbly on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-squabbly.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more squabbly [comparative], most squabbly [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒbəli Etymology: Etymology tree North Germanicbor.? English squabble Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English squabbly From squabble + -y. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|squabble|-y<id:adjectival>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree North Germanicbor.? English squabble Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English squabbly [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "North Germanic", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "gmq" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "squabble", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "adjectival", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-kos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-gaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-g", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-iġ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "squabbly", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="squabbly"> From squabble + -y. Head templates: {{en-adj}} squabbly (comparative more squabbly, superlative most squabbly)
  1. Having the tendency to squabble, argumentative
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