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| crab·bed [ krábbəd ] |
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1. grouchy: bad-tempered, irritable, or disagreeable by nature
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2. hard to read: hard to read, because the words and letters are compressed
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3. complicated: complicated and hard to follow
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| [13th century. <crab1 because the way crabs threaten with their claws and their sideways walk suggest bad temper; reinforced by the idea of "sourness" found in crab2] |
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| crab·bed·ly adverb |
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