querelous

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• querelleux — querelleux, euse (ke rè leû, leû z ) adj. Qui se plaît à chercher querelle (mot qui vieillit). •   Il vaut bien mieux avoir un faible ennemi à combattre qu un ami querelleux à conserver, BALZ. à Richelieu.. •   Le fond du coeur de tous les hommes …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

• Quarrellous — Quar rel*lous, a. [OF. querelous, F. querelleux, L. querulosus and querulus, fr. queri to complain. See 2d {Quarrel}.] Quarrelsome. [Obs.] [Written also {quarrellous}.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• quarrellous — Quar rel*lous, a. [OF. querelous, F. querelleux, L. querulosus and querulus, fr. queri to complain. See 2d {Quarrel}.] Quarrelsome. [Obs.] [Written also {quarrellous}.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• L'Orfeide — is an opera composed by Gian Francesco Malipiero who also wrote the Italian libretto, partly based on the myth of Orpheus and incorporating texts by Italian Renaissance poets. The work consists of three parts – La morte delle maschere (The death… …   Wikipedia

• quarrelous — adjective or quarrellous Etymology: Middle English querelous, from Middle French, from Late Latin querelosus, from Latin querela complaint + osus ose more at quarrel 1. obsolete …   Useful english dictionary