Meanings
comparative more wranglesome · superlative most wranglesome
- Characterised or marked by wrangling; inclined to wrangle or squabble; quarrelsome.
Pike got drunk and was very “wranglesome.”
2013, George Francis Dow, Slave Ships and Slaving2 more examples
They remind one of wranglesome children- perpetually plotting , and counterplotting against each other
1830, John Fanning Watson, Annals of Philadelphia“Dinna be so wranglesome, Lael Click. It doesna become you.” She shot back, “I'm not the only wranglesome one here!”
2009, Laura Frantz, The Frontiersman's Daughter
Origin
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