Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disputative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disputative \Dis*put"a*tive\, a. [L. disputativus.]
Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in
opposition; as, a disputative temper. --I. Watts.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disputative
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},
{disputatious}, {litigious}]
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