querimonious

From querimony +‎ -ous.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kwɛɹɪˈməʊnɪəs/

querimonious (comparative more querimonious, superlative most querimonious)

1. Complaining; querulous. [from 17th c.]
   • 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 190:

     When he spoke, too, his voice was like an old man's, harsh, yearning, querimonious.

• querimoniously
• querimoniousness