Dispu*ta"tious*ness

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Disputatious \Dis`pu*ta"tious\, a.
   Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert;
   characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or
   temper.
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         The Christian doctrine of a future life was no
         recommendation of the new religion to the wits and
         philosophers of that disputations period.
                                                  --Buckminster.
   -- {Dis`pu*ta"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Dis`pu*ta"tious*ness}, n.
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