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disputatious |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disputatious \Dis`pu*ta"tious\, a. Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as a disputatious person or temper. The Christian doctrine of a future life was no recommendation of the new religion to the wits and philosophers of that disputations period. --Buckminster. -- {Dis`pu*ta"tious*ly}, adv -- {Dis`pu*ta"tious*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: disputatious adj : inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit" [syn: {contentious}, {disputative}, {litigious}]
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