Fractiously

Fractiously
Fractious Frac"tious, a. [Cf. Prov. E. frack forward, eager, E. freak, fridge; or Prov. E. fratch to squabble, quarrel.] Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse.

Syn: Snappish; peevish; waspish; cross; irritable; perverse; pettish. -- {Frac"tious*ly}, v. -- {Frac"tious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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