cantankerosityEtymologyFrom cantanker(ous) + -osity.nounThe 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.”Someone or something that is cantankerous.“His whole life is one prolonged cantankerosity.”