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crabby
1520s, in obs. sense "crooked, gnarled, rough," from extended sense of
crab
. Meaning "disagreeable, sour, peevish" is attested from 1776, Amer.Eng. Both senses were found earlier in
crabbed
(c.1510 and c.1300 respectively).
