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单词 contentiousness
释义 contentiousness|kənˈtɛnʃəsnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being contentious; disposition to contention; quarrelsomeness.
1573G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 16 [He] began in deed to lai contentiusnes to mi charg.1661Boyle Spring of Air Pref. (1682) 1 They that know how indisposed I naturally am to Contentiousness.1815Elphinstone Acc. Caubul (1842) I. 217 Any circumstance which disposes the people to contentiousness and jealousy.1876J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. I. 246 The contentiousness of human nature.
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