crabbish
English
adj
Definitions
- Somewhat sour or cross; crabby.
Etymology
Suffix from English crab (complain find fault, crustacean having five pairs of legs, be ill-tempered, the sea creature).
Origin
English
crab
Gloss
complain find fault, crustacean having five pairs of legs, be ill-tempered, the sea creature
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anticrab English
- applecrab English
- crab English
- crabapple English
- crabbed English
- crabber English
- crabbery English
- crabble English
- crabburger English
- crabby English
- crabeater English
- crabfaced English
- crabfish English
- crabgrass English
- crabhole English
- crabless English
- crablet English
- crablike English
- crabling English
- crabmeat English
- crabologist English
- crabstick English
- crabstone English
- crabwalk English
- crabwise English
- she-crab English
- werecrab English
- crabbe Middle English