(adj) inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits, Syn. disputatious, litigious, disputative, combative, Example:a style described as abrasive and contentious; a disputatious lawyer; a litigious and acrimonious spirit
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a. Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Christian doctrine of a future life was no recommendation of the new religion to the wits and philosophers of that disputations period. Buckminster.
-- Dis`pu*ta"tious*ly, adv. -- Dis`pu*ta"tious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]