单词 | factious |
释义 | factiousadj. 1. Of action, speech, etc.: relating to or proceeding from conflict or dispute between factions; characterized by dissent or partisanship. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > [adjective] factious?1527 partakingc1547 sided1603 factionarya1616 sidingc1625 factional1629 partified1715 partisaning1788 partisan1805 ?1527 tr. Copy of Lett. wherin Kyng Henry VIII made Answere vnto M. Luther sig. B.vv He..studiously pourgeth my realm from the pestylent contagion of your factious heresyes. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 666/1 For the settyng foorth and auauncing of hys [sc. Tyndale's] false faccious heresies. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 191 Aiax..Makes factious feasts. View more context for this quotation 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xi. sig. Ee8 His Factious indignation at the Princes faults. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. ⁋26. 43 Factious polemic Tricks, Ambages, and treacherous Counsels. 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. i. 109 In this factious manner was the great doctrine..established. 1803 S. Smith in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 394/1 Why can factious eloquence produce such limited effects in this country? 1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) ix. §2. 120 The party chiefs used the mob more effectually for their own factious and selfish purposes. 1921 Graettinger (Iowa) Times 3 Nov. We have within us pent-up torrents of factious words which in sudden vents of anger we pour out and flood the smooth road ahead. 1991 R. Bonney European Dynastic States, 1494–1600 vi. 341 The factious behaviour of the upper nobility during the wars of religion had resulted in their exclusion. 2. Of a person, a person's character, etc.: inclined to form factions, or to act for factional purposes; given to faction; mutinous, dissenting, partisan. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > [adjective] > inclined to form factions factious1533 factioneering1841 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 society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > sedition > [adjective] seditious1455 factious1533 factiosea1573 tribunitious1600 incendiary1614 tumultuousa1617 tribunitian1637 seditionary1898 fomentary2013 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance xiv. f. xcv To deuise such an order yt al myscheuous factyous folke shold be suffered in peace. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 25 A discoursing tong, and a factious harte. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) v. i. 133 Chop away that factious pate of his. View more context for this quotation 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iii. iii. 52 We should incurre the censure of factious and seditious persons. 1750 G. Berkeley Maxims conc. Patriotism §39 7 The factious Man is apt to mistake himself for a Patriot. 1773 D. Hume Let. 30 Jan. (1932) II. 269 To warp my Principles and Sentiments in conformity to the Prejudices of a..factious Nation. 1814 J. C. Calhoun Speech 15 Jan. in Papers (1959) I. 195 A factious opposition sickens at the sight of prosperity. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People (1876) x. 742 The factious spirit, which springs from a long hold of power. 1921 Times 5 Sept. 13/7 Both were the objects of the petulant sarcasms of factious men of letters. 2011 William & Mary Q. 68 220 How the factious settlers of British North America solidified into white people under the threat of Indian war. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?1527 |
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