The word "ornery" is an American dialectical variant of the ordinary word "ordinary", which goes back to Latin ordinarius, "orderly", from ordo, "order".
ordinary
Ornery.
Nobody likes to go out drinking with her because she's an ornery drunk who picks fights with strangers.Being in a wheelchair does not mean you have a license to be ornery.Cab drivers can't be fined for disrespectful or ornerybehavior, but they CAN be fined for talking on their cell phones while driving, so I reported him for that instead.The old ranch hand was mean and ornery, but he was a hard worker.
ornery
There is no stem word. If the word was clammy then the stem would be calm.
scound
Ornery.
An example.... That ornery man had sassy atitude and a big mouth. (Ornery means to be sassy, stubborn, rude, or have to much to say)
conceal
Ornery.
You are probably looking for the word "ornery".
The likely word is ornery (gruff, mean).
The likely word is the adjective "ornery" (cranky, cantankerous).
The likely word is ornery (bad-tempered, disagreeable).
hippie, oddity, ornery, unruly
The word sought may be "feisty" (ornery, spirited, or pugnacious).
The common word could be one of two very different words:HONOREE (person) - someone being honoredORNERY (adjective) - having a bad disposition, mean*The proper name from French with this pronunciation is Henri. (awn-REE)
That is true. To call someone ornery is a funny way of complaining about their hostile or difficult kind of behavior.