crabbit adjective peevish, irritable, bad tempered; cross: ‘How long did you bide? [stay]’... ‘Until the crabbit wee moose bit me.’ 14-. etymology: Scots; perhaps from crab ‘the crustacaen’; Older Scots crabbit meaning ‘ill-natured, cross’ from ante 1400; attested by JS and BW |