FRACTIOUS

fractious. Fractious, a. cross, peevish, quarrelsome, strange

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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.