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fractiousness

noun

Etymology

From fractious + -ness.

  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”
  7. suffixed as fractiousness — “fractious + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being fractious

    The quality of being fractious; trouble-making; unruliness.

    • His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed.

  2. A peevish or cranky nature.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fractiousness. 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