Quarrelsome, argumentative, or prone to brangling; inclined to dispute or bicker.
Derived from 'brank' or 'brangle,' with the adjectival suffix '-y' added to create a quality descriptor. Primarily a Scots and Northern English dialectal term.
Scottish English has wonderful words for describing personality types—'branky' is wonderfully direct and specific, capturing that person who seems to generate conflict wherever they go. Modern English speakers usually need several words to express what Scots does in one.
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