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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

querimonia

a complaint, fr.

queri

to complain. See

Complaining; querulous; apt to complain.

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Querˊi-mo′ni-ous-ly

adv.

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Querˊi-mo′ni-ous-ness

Noun.

Adj.

[L. querimonia, complaint, from queror.]

Complaining; querulous; apt to complain.

querimonious ‎(comparative more querimonious, superlative most querimonious)

Complaining; querulous. [from 17th c.]
- 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, p. 190:
  When he spoke, too, his voice was like an old man's, harsh, yearning, querimonious.