biddable vs ornery

biddable

adj
  • Docile, amenable or compliant. 

  • Suitable for bidding. 

ornery

adj
  • Cantankerous, stubborn, disagreeable. 

  • Mischievous, prankish, teasing, disagreeable but in a good way. 

How often have the words biddable and ornery occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )