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May 5, 2026
This week’s themeWords to describe people This week’s words querimonious 
Self Portrait (Portrait of a grumpy old man), 1980
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PRONUNCIATION:
(kwer-uh-MOH-nee-uhs)
MEANING:
adjective: Habitually complaining; querulous; full of grievances.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin querimonia (complaint), from queri (to complain). Earliest
documented use: 1604.
USAGE:
“When he spoke, too, his voice was like an old man’s, harsh, yearning,
querimonious.” Robin Jenkins; The Cone Gatherers; Macdonald; 1955. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
That's the terrible hypnotism of war, the brute mass-impulse, the pride and
national spirit, the instinctive simplicity of men that makes them worship
what is their own above everything else. I've thrilled and shouted with
patriotic pride, like everyone else. Music and flags and men marching in
step have bewitched me, as they do all of us. And then I've gone home and
sworn to root this evil instinct out of my soul. God help -- let's love the
world, love humanity -- not just our own country! -Christopher Morley,
writer (5 May 1890-1957)
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