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单词 debateful
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debatefuladj.

Etymology: See -ful suffix.
Obsolete.
1. Of persons: Full of strife, contentious.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adjective] > quarrelsome
sakfulc1000
strifefula1382
litigiousc1384
barratous1430
tuilyier-like1444
mellyvousc1450
toilousc1450
debatous1483
debatefula1492
sturtinga1500
squaringc1530
striving1530
contentious1533
factious1533
quarrellous?1567
quarrelsome1576
bateful1582
mutinous1589
discordful1596
tuilyiesomec1598
brabbling1603
bangling1615
brangling1621
rixosous1623
pugnacious1642
stickling1642
pugnatory1656
litigiose1677
vitilitigious1683
fire-eating1811
wranglesome1817
vitilitigating1819
combativea1834
brawlsome1845
battlesome1877
fighty1888
scrappy1895
tasty1974
a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. cclxxixv/1 Men full of noyse & debatefull.
?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth ii. f. 7 Sowers of dyscorde and debatefull.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Litigieux,..litigious, debatefull, contentious.
2. Of things:
a. Pertaining to strife or contention.
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society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [adjective]
debatefula1586
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Mm2 Her conscience..still nourishing this debatefull fyre.
b. Controversial, contentious.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective]
openlOE
doubtousc1330
uncertain1338
doubtyc1380
brigousa1387
doubtablec1400
doubtfula1425
questionable1443
batable1453
strivablec1456
inquirable1485
litigious1520
doubtsomea1522
disputable1548
dubious1548
doubted?1551
moot1563
problematical1567
discussiblea1578
debatable1581
controversial1583
disputativea1586
debateful1587
decidable1596
controversible1601
controvertible1601
controversal1604
controversable1607
problematic1609
controversary1610
left-handed1610
disputed1611
dubitable1625
quarrellable1642
catchinga1670
non liquet1678
brigose1679
contestable1702
equivocala1797
controversional1807
contradictable1856
discutable1868
hinky1961
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1320/2 In the triall of this debatefull question.

Derivatives

deˈbatefully adv. Obsolete
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Contentieusement, contentiously..debatefully, with much wrangling.
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