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Definition of Querulousness
1. Noun. The quality of being given to complaining.
Derivative terms: Querulous
Definition of Querulousness
1. Noun. The quality of being querulous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Querulousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Querulousness
Literary usage of Querulousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Literary Character: Or, The History of Men of Genius, Drawn from Their by Isaac Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli (1881)
"Celibacy a concealed cause of the early querulousness of men of genius.—Of unhappy
unions.— Not absolutely necessary that the wife should be a literary ..."
2. Miscellanies of Literature. by Isaac Disraeli (1841)
"Celibacy a concealed cause of the early querulousness of men of genius.—Of unhappy
unions.—Not absolutely necessary that the wife should be a literary woman ..."
3. The Autobiography, Times, Opinions, and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton by Egerton Brydges (1834)
"... of self-confidence— False estimate of the successful—Charge of querulousness—Good
luck inebriates the ungenerous and the foolish—Innocence and sincerity ..."
4. The Autobiography, Times, Opinions, and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton by Egerton Brydges (1834)
"... new—Mortification of inability —Author's regret at not having always written
boldly and without check—His inborn timidity—Charge of querulousness ..."
5. The Literary Character: Illustrated by the History of Men of Genius, Drawn by Isaac Disraeli (1822)
"... MATRIMONY SAID NOT TO BE WELL SUITED TO THE DOMESTIC LIFE OF GENIUS CELIBACY
A CONCEALED CAUSE OF THE EARLY querulousness OF MEN OF GENIUS—OF UNHAPPY ..."
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