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altercationn. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French altercation; Latin altercātiōn-, altercātiō. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman altercacione, altercacioun, Anglo-Norman and Middle French altercacion, altercation (French altercation ) action of disputing vehemently, debate (end of the 13th cent. in Old French; in early use frequently in a legal context, and sometimes difficult to distinguish from the specific legal sense), process of question and answer in a court of law (late 14th cent. or earlier), heated argument, quarrel (late 14th cent.) and its etymon classical Latin altercātiōn-, altercātiō dispute, wrangle, (in rhetoric) series of exchanges with an opponent in the law courts, debate, argument < altercāt- , past participial stem of altercārī altercate v. + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare Old Occitan altercatio, altercassion (c1420), Catalan altercació (1392), Spanish altercación (a1385), Portuguese altercação (15th cent. in plural altercações), Italian altercazione (a1472).With the β. and γ. forms compare Middle French (rare) altrication (a1400). N.E.D. (1884) also gives the pronunciation as (æltəɹkēi·ʃən) /æltəˈkeɪʃən/. 1. society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > noisy or angry quarrel c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 229 As alday falleth altercacioun [v.rr. altercacion, altercacione] Bitwixe freendes in disputisoun. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 4433 (MED) Þe strif amonge þe Grekis gan With grete rumour and altercacioun. 1509 A. Barclay (Pynson) f. xiiii Nat to fall in altericacion. 1541 T. Paynell tr. Felicius liv. f. 77 Cesar & Cato, being at altercation togyther touching the peyn & punishment of the conspirators. 1614 W. Raleigh i. iii. vi. §6. 68 To find him busie in wrangling altercation. 1651 R. Baxter 241 A Judicious Reader..looks for Arguments, and loathes altercation. 1749 H. Fielding III. vii. viii. 61 The two Chambermaids..began a second Bout at Altercation. 1773 B. Franklin Let. 30 Mar. in (1887) V. 121 I have an extreme aversion to public altercation on philosophic points. 1856 E. A. Bond Introd. 21 This monopoly..was a pregnant cause of altercation between the two courts. 1865 C. Dickens I. ii. xii. 271 This was another common procedure on the part of the ladies.., when heated by verbal or fistic altercation. 1928 N. Shepherd ix. 112 She had wiped the chair-back clean herself, being in no mood to break her own interior peace by altercation with Madge. 1946 C. Fry i. ii. 20 They've started campaigns of gossip And altercation in the assembly-gardens. 1993 S. Marshall (1994) xii. 103 Loud male voices, raised in altercation and well loaded with invective, were staining the sparkling, snow-covered stillness. society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > conduct of case by argument 1756 S. Johnson Mem. King of Prussia in Nov.–Dec. 385 In the discussion of causes altercation must be allowed; yet to altercation some limits must be put. There are therefore allowed a Bill, an Answer, a Reply, and a Rejoinder. 1768 W. Blackstone III. xx. 310 This (which is called departure in pleading) might occasion endless altercation. 1841 G. Bowyer xix. 417 In the same manner is conducted the subsequent altercation to which the nature of the case may lead. 1871 E. Poste in tr. Gaius iv. Comm. 410 An oral pleading or altercation. 1901 49 7 If the mutual altercation were to run to a plea..a judgement thereon might well be final. 1998 D. Bentley p. xiii During this altercation he may be questioned both by the judge and prosecuting counsel. society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > noisy or angry quarrel > instance of 1410–11 in C. Innes (1856) I. 31 Eftir syndry altricationis and wordis. c1460 in A. Clark (1907) 132 (MED) After many altercaciouns Bitwene parties, þe strife ffrendely in this restid. 1523 T. Wolsey Let. in R. Fiddes (1724) Collect. 88 After long altercations and sundrie contrarietys. 1582 Jude 9 When Michael..made altercation for the body of Moyses. 1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 74 in Which excites men to endless bawlings, and altercations. 1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Pref. Epist. 98 Putting an end..to the..altercations, disputations and dubitations of..Mystic Theologie. 1753 S. Richardson II. xxv. 239 An altercation cannot end in your favour. 1797 W. Johnston tr. J. Beckmann III. 406 The altercation between a Luciferan and an Orthodox. 1840 T. B. Macaulay 42 Stormy altercations at the India House and in Parliament. 1856 D. M. Mulock II. xii. 319 Which produced a warm altercation among the children. 1910 H. S. Johnson xxii. 240 Bob..heard them engage in a lively altercation concerning the division of the stones. 1951 L. P. Hartley vii. 51 Long wearisome altercations took place as to whether Margaret had been deceitful or merely disobedient. 1998 S. Lawrence 244 The altercation proved to be two tradesmen engaged in a tug-of-war over a steelyard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). <  n.c1405 |
