CRANKY
ADJECTIVES
► CRANKOUS irritable, fretful, cranky → 1786 Sc.
► DILLY cranky, queer → 1873 Eng. dial.
► KOOKIE ► KOOKY cranky, crazy, eccentric → 1959 sl.
► PERNICKETTY ► PERNICKETY ► PERNICKITY cranky, crotchety; fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous → 1834 Amer. dial.
► PERSNICKERTY ► PERSNICKETY cranky, disagreeable, crotchety; obstinate → 1905 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► CRANKNESS a being cranky or crazy → 1890
NOUNS – PERSON
► BAT a cranky, quarrelsome, or unpleasant woman; a gossipy or mean old woman → 1886
► CODGERDICK a cranky, testy old man → 1967 Amer. dial.
► KOOK a cranky, crazy, or eccentric person → 1960 sl.
► OLD BUZZARD a cranky old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
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