bickering
n.
c.1300, "a skirmish," from bicker, v.. Meaning "a verbal wrangle" is from 1570s.
adj.
1808 in the sense of "contentious," present participle adjective from bicker, v.. Earlier it was used to mean "flashing, quivering" (1660s).
| 词汇 | bickering |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary bickering n. c.1300, "a skirmish," from bicker, v.. Meaning "a verbal wrangle" is from 1570s. adj. 1808 in the sense of "contentious," present participle adjective from bicker, v.. Earlier it was used to mean "flashing, quivering" (1660s). |
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