† disputacityn.
Obsolete.
= disputatiousness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > quality of
disputacity1660
disputatiousness1681
argumentativeness1731
controversialism1822
disputativeness1836
controversionalism1858
1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness ix. vii. 472 Fruitlesse disputacity.
1672 Mede's Wks., Life 18 Addicted to a disingenuous humour of Disputacity.
a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 337 But Disputacity the Mind confounds.
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