origin of a quarrel

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• quarrel — ► NOUN 1) an angry argument or disagreement. 2) a reason for disagreement. ► VERB (quarrelled, quarrelling; US quarreled, quarreling) 1) have a quarrel. 2) ( …   English terms dictionary

• origin — [ôr′ə jin, är′ə jin] n. [ME origyne < MFr origine < L origo (gen. originis) < oriri, to rise: see ORIENT] 1. a coming into existence or use; beginning 2. parentage; birth; lineage 3. that in which something has its beginning; source;… …   English World dictionary

• quarrel — quar|rel1 [ˈkwɔrəl US ˈkwo: , ˈkwa: ] n especially BrE [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: querele complaint , from Latin querela, from queri to complain ] 1.) an angry argument or disagreement ▪ I think they ve had a quarrel . quarrel with ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• quarrel — quarrel1 noun 1》 an angry argument or disagreement. 2》 a reason for disagreement. verb (quarrels, quarrelling, quarrelled; US quarrels, quarreling, quarreled) 1》 have a quarrel.     ↘(quarrel with) disagree with. 2》 …   English new terms dictionary

• Origin of death myth — The origin of death is a theme in the myths of many cultures. Death is a universal feature of human life, so stories about its origin appear to be universal in human cultures.[1] As such it is a form of cosmological myth (a type of myth that… …   Wikipedia

• origin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. beginning, cause, commencement; descent, source, fountainhead, derivation, rise, ancestry. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of beginning] Syn. rise, start, starting, genesis, alpha, commencement, outset …   English dictionary for students

• List of English words of Yiddish origin — For Yiddish words used by English speaking Jews (that are not necessarily English), see Yiddish words used by English speaking Jews. This is a list of English words of Yiddish origin, many of which have entered the English language by way of… …   Wikipedia

• List of Spanish words of Celtic origin — This is a list of Spanish words of Celtic origin. It is further divided into words that are known (or thought) to have come from Gaulish and those that have come from an undetermined Celtic source. Some of these words existed in Latin as… …   Wikipedia

• or|i|gin — «AWR uh jihn, OR », noun. 1. the thing from which anything comes; beginning; starting point; source: »the origin of a quarrel, the origin of a disease. Ancient Greece has been called the origin of Western civilization. SYNONYM(S): root. 2.… …   Useful english dictionary

• fratch — I. ˈfrach intransitive verb ( ed/ ing/ es) Etymology: Middle English fracchen to creak, probably of imitative origin dialect England : quarrel, wrangle II. noun ( es …   Useful english dictionary

• jower — I. ˈjau̇(ə)r intransitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: perhaps of imitative origin chiefly dialect : quarrel, wrangle II. noun ( s) …   Useful english dictionary