Hypertext Webster Gateway: "seditious"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Seditious \Se*di"tious\, a.[L. seditiosus: cf. F. s['e]ditieux.]
1. Of or pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of,
or tending to excite, sedition; as, seditious behavior;
seditious strife; seditious words.
2. Disposed to arouse, or take part in, violent opposition to
lawful authority; turbulent; factious; guilty of sedition;
as, seditious citizens. -- {Se*di"tious*ly}, adv. --
{Se*di"tious*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
seditious
adj 1: arousing to action or rebellion [syn: {incendiary}, {incitive},
{inflammatory}, {instigative}, {rabble-rousing}]
2: in opposition to a civil authority or government [syn: {insurgent},
{subversive}]
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