fractious

adj
/ˈfɹæk.ʃəs/US

Etymology

From fraction (“discord”) (now obsolete) + -ous.

  1. derived from *bʰreg-
  2. derived from fractio
  3. derived from fractio
  4. derived from fraccion
  5. inherited from fraccioun
  6. formed as fractious — “fraction + -ous

Definitions

  1. Given to troublemaking.

  2. Irritable

    Irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome.

    • […] to him, in his present fractious mood, she dared whisper no observations, nor ask of him any information.
    • That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fractious. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA