Is it Awnry or ornery?
The original word from which “ornery” came was “ordinary.” Why is the word “ornery” vocally pronounced “awnry”? It is because one uneducated person mishears a word and passes it on to another uneducated person, who mishears it and passes it on to ….
What does Awnry mean?
(ˈɔrnəri) adjectiveWord forms: -nerier, -neriest dialect. 1. ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper. No one can get along with my ornery cousin.
Is ornery a Southern word?
Frequency: (humorous, southern US) Mischievous, prankish, teasing, disagreeable but in a good way. The definition of ornery is someone bad tempered or stubborn.