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ornery (adj.)
[ornery 词源字典]
1816, American English dialectal contraction of
ordinary
(adj.). "Commonplace," hence "of poor quality, coarse, ugly." By c. 1860 the sense had evolved to "mean, cantankerous." Related:
Orneriness
.
[ornery etymology, ornery origin, 英语词源]