Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disputatious"
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) 1.7 (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}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.