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contradictious, a.|kɒntrəˈdɪkʃəs|
[f. contradiction: see -tious.]
†1. Characterized by contradiction, contradictory.
1604T. Wright Passions iv. i. 116 This contradictious speech lieth rooted in vaine-glory. 1641W. Twisse Pref. Mede's Apost. Later Times 3 This opinion..seemed very contradictious to diverse plaine passages of holy Scripture. 1697Collier Ess. Mor. Subj. ii. (1709) 132 The Expectation [is] immoral, or contradictious to the Attributes of God.
†b. Contrary, adverse. Obs.
1766E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances IV. 215 The Town [is] full, and Wind contradictious still.
2. Self-contradictory; involving a contradiction in terms. arch.
1638Chillingw. Relig. Prot. i. iii. §18. 136 It being impossible and contradictious, that a man should know one thing to be true, and believe the contrary. 1698[R. Fergusson] View Eccles. 48 Things..perfectly contradictious and subversive of one another. a1716South Serm. (1717) V. 424 For a Man to be envious and innocent too, is contradictious and impossible. 1848–9J. C. Calhoun Const. U.S. Wks. 1874 I. 152 What can be more contradictious?
3. Of persons or their dispositions: Inclined or addicted to contradict; given to cavil; disputatious.
a1677Barrow Serm. (1810) I. 95 Men perversely contradictious. 1709J. Johnson Clergym. Vade M. ii. p. xxxvi, An instance of a contradictious spirit. 1829Southey Sir T. More (1831) II. 102 The contradictious principle in human nature. 1859R. F. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. Geog. Soc. XXIX. 413 In every caravan there is some lazy, loud-lunged, and contradictious fellow. |