An adjective meaning prone to arguing — a regional or older variant of 'quarrelsome' used mainly in American English or older texts. Applied to a person with a combative, contentious disposition who finds conflict wherever they go. The word is perfectly functional but has largely been displaced by 'quarrelsome' in standard usage.
He was a quarrelous old man who couldn't sit through a family dinner without starting an argument.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(now, _, US) Quarrelsome; argumentative.
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