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单词 disputatious
释义 dis·pu·ta·tious
\|dispyə|tāshəs, -(ˌ)spyü|-\ adjective
Etymology: disputation + -ous
1.
 a. : inclined to dispute : apt to wrangle or cavil : argumentative, contentious
  < the wrangling of many disputatious … councils of French churchmen — H.O.Taylor >
  < man by his nature is a disputatious and fighting animal — Horace Sutton >
 b. : marked by disputation
  < philosophers loll in their disputatious ease — R.P.Warren >
  < had a disputatious time at the meeting >
2. : controversial
 < a paper so concise, so lacking in disputatious matter — D.C.Peattie >
dis·pu·ta·tious·ly adverb
dis·pu·ta·tious·ness noun -es
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