crotchety

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crotchety

/ˈkɹɒtʃ.ə.tɪ/ UK
/ˈkɹɑ.t͡ʃɪ.ti/ US

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From crotchet + -y, using crotchet in the 16th-century sense of a whim or fancy.

adjective crotchetier · more crotchety · crotchetiest · most crotchety · crochety

Cranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or fancies. He wouldnt even let old Wilkie touch it do you remember Gerald but always gathered it himself and made his own julep. He was as crochety about his julep as an old maid, measuring everything by a recipe in his head.

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adj cranky, disagreeable or stubborn

Français	grincheux
Deutsch	launisch, quengelig, knatschig
Русский	капри́зный kapríznyj, своенра́вный svojenrávnyj, прихотли́вый prixotlívyj, вздо́рный vzdórnyj

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@misc{crotchety_2026,
  title = {crotchety},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crotchety},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}