cantankerosity noun2 •The quality of being cantankerous.Sir, the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. Keitt] made a speech, and if I may be allowed to coin a word, I will say it had more cantankerosity in it than any speech I ever heard on this floor. — 1856 •(rare) Someone or something that is cantankerous.His whole life is one prolonged cantankerosity. — 1880 formscantankerosities
