POLEMIC

Source: 566, 567

polemic. Polemic, n. a disputant, wrangler, great talker

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Po‐lem″ic (?), a. [[Gr. � warlike, fr.� war: cf. F. polémique.]] 1. 1. Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology.
2. 2. Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer. South.