Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Abounding in or inclined to debate; quarrelsome.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome.
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- adjective obsolete
Contentious ,argumentative , full of strife.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The letters being dictated, signed, and sealed, Grangousier ordained that Ulric Gallet, master of the requests, a very wise and discreet man, of whose prudence and sound judgment he had made trial in several difficult and debateful matters, (should) go unto
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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The letters being dictated, signed, and sealed, Grangousier ordained that Ulric Gallet, master of the requests, a very wise and discreet man, of whose prudence and sound judgment he had made trial in several difficult and debateful matters, (should) go unto
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Ulric Gallet, master of the requests, a very wise and discreet man, of whose prudence and sound judgment he had made trial in several difficult and debateful matters, (should) go unto Picrochole, to show what had been decreed amongst them.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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