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English Dictionary: Disputatious by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disputatious
adj
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): contentious, combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious
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.
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