quarrelsomenessn.
/ˈkwɒrəls(ə)mnəs/, /ˈkwɒrl̩s(ə)mnəs/, U.S. /ˈkwɔr(ə)lsəmnəs/ The quality or condition of being quarrelsome; argumentative disposition.
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society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > quarrelsomeness
contentiousness1573
pugnacity1605
quarrel1605
quarrelsomenessa1631
pugnaciousness1681
termagancy1708
combativeness1815
fire-eating1890
combativity1905
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1955) II. 183 God giveth not his children..valour, and then leaveth them to a spirit of quarrelsomnesse.
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 77 The giddinesse of some, others quarrelsomenesse.
1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. in Wks. (1843) I. 76 (note) Although a man, by his quarrelsomeness, should for once have been engaged in a bad action [etc.].
1815 J. G. Spurzheim Physiognom. Syst. viii. 374 Gall therefore at first called this organ that of Courage... Afterwards..the organ of quarrelsomeness.
1879 R. K. Douglas Confucianism iii. 88 In manhood..he avoided quarrelsomeness.
1911 J. Muir My First Summer in Sierra 231 Without being true squirrels, [Sierra chipmunks] have most of their accomplishments without their aggressive quarrelsomeness.
1950 Manch. Guardian Weekly 29 June 2/3 The Republicans would have to fall back on the old bromide about the incurable quarrelsomeness of ‘old, sick Europe’.
1983 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. II. xxiv. 20/2 Depression, emotional instability, and quarrelsomeness accompany the lassitude and anorexia.
2001 R. W. Cahn Coming of Materials Sci. iii. 72 Crystallography is..a field that has evinced more than its fair share of quarrelsomeness, since some physicists resolutely regard crystallography as a technique rather than as a science.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- for or to the vantage
- for or to this end
- for or to this that end
- for or to this what end
- for or to this which end
- for ordinary
- for our ears only
- for perpetuity
- for pete's sake
- for pity
- for pity's sake
- for posterity
- for present
- for proportion
- for pure abashed
- for real
- for reason of
- for reasons best known to oneself
- for reference
- for rent
- for rental
- for requital
- for requital for
- for requital of