disputatious
/ˌdɪspjʊˈteɪʃəs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.40 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to something that is in question as to its intent or value.
Example Sentences
- "He was followed by a disputatious gentleman, who had the temerity to maintain before the royal misocapnist (the Counterblast had not as yet issued from the monarch's lips, but his anti-nicotian prejudices were well known,) the thesis, that "tobacco must needs be good;" proceeding to his proof "by enumeration or induction, because Kings, Princes, Nobles, Earles, Lords, Knights, Gentlemen of all Countries and Nations, reckoning a number, loved it.""
- "Certainly there have been bitterly contested elections in this country before. Party spirit is always rife, and in such vivid, excitable, disputatious communities as ours are, and I trust always will be, it is the very soul of freedom."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more disputatious (comparative)
most disputatious (superlative)