ornery的词源

英文词源

ornery (adj.)

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.

中文词源

ornery：脾气暴躁的，闹别扭的

来自ordinary方言缩写，词义由普通的引申为劣质的，粗糙的，后用于形容人脾气坏的，闹别扭的。

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