factious
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin factiosus (“divisive; inclined to separate”); derivative of factio.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
factious (comparative more factious, superlative most factious)
- Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.
- Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 230:
- I heard that she left off powder, patches, and rouge, for a month when his third consort died, and he grew religious—whether out of grief or gratitude, I never heard; then she grew factious, for the sake of your own King, and thought to strew the way to the altar with straws instead of flowers. I applaud her spirit in fighting for a crown.
Derived terms[edit]
- factiousness noun
- factiously adverb
Translations[edit]
of, pertaining to, or caused by factions
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given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “factious”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.