of or inclined to dissension; quarrelsome; contentious
dissentious in American English
(dɪˈsenʃəs)
adjective
contentious; quarrelsome
Word origin
[1550–60; dissent + -ious]This word is first recorded in the period 1550–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: multiplex, residual, scanner, section, urge-ious is a suffix forming adjectives that have the general sense “possessing, full of”a given quality (glorious); it has often been used to Anglicize Latin adjectives with terminations that cannotbe directly adapted into English (atrocious; obvious)