crabby
adj.
1520s, in now-obsolete sense "crooked, gnarled, rough," from extended sense of crab, n.1 + -y(2). Meaning "disagreeable, sour, peevish" is attested from 1776, American English. Both senses were found earlier in crabbed.
| 词汇 | crabby |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary crabby adj. 1520s, in now-obsolete sense "crooked, gnarled, rough," from extended sense of crab, n.1 + -y(2). Meaning "disagreeable, sour, peevish" is attested from 1776, American English. Both senses were found earlier in crabbed. |
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