Can‐tan″ker‐ous (?), a. Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. — Can‐tan″ker‐ous‐ly, adv. — Can‐tan″ker‐ous‐ness, n.
The cantankerous old maiden aunt.
Thackeray.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.