odd-tempered

She was an odd-tempered, free-mannered woman, deeply crafty, absolutely unmoral, and yet with a true kindliness of heart and a thorough understanding of human nature which, together with her ready laugh, her clever, indecorous anecdotes and sharp wit, made her attractive.

A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg 1905

But he is odd-tempered, and, as I have not spoken to him, he chooses to be silent to me.

The Prime Minister 1876

Some of them doubtless would be very much like other people; but many would certainly be very odd-looking and odd-tempered samples of humankind.

The Recreations of a Country Parson Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd 1862

"You must be very careful; Simon is such an odd-tempered old man."

Tom Brown at Oxford Thomas Hughes 1859

But he is odd-tempered, and, as I have not spoken to him, he chooses to be silent to me.

The Prime Minister Anthony Trollope 1848

They learned that the ship was the _Swordfish_; that Captain Boucher, the master, was an odd-tempered man, and that, as she had been out more than a year and caught but few whales, and had of late had nothing but ill-luck, he was in an especial bad humour.

The Voyage of the "Steadfast" The Young Missionaries in the Pacific William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

The skill of this odd-tempered, shabby old man was sometimes sought by the jeweller who kept the more ostentatious shop in the High

Sylvia's Lovers — Complete Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

The skill of this odd-tempered, shabby old man was sometimes sought by the jeweller who kept the more ostentatious shop in the High

Sylvia's Lovers — Volume 3 Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

But what can have happen'd her? unless it be Dick indeed; and yet I think the lad was honest, though lungeous at times, and odd-tempered.

Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) John Roby 1821

Markitall was an odd-tempered man, who would quarrel with his bread and butter.

The Pirate Frederick Marryat 1820