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noun
The quality of being quarrelsome; an argumentative nature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: contentiousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disagreeableness
Narrower terms: litigiousness
History
Etymology tree English quarrelsome Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English quarrelsomeness From quarrelsome + -ness.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
