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Definition of Disputative
1. Adjective. Inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits. "A litigious and acrimonious spirit"
Similar to: Argumentative
Derivative terms: Contention, Contentiousness, Dispute, Dispute, Dispute, Litigiousness
Definition of Disputative
1. a. Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition; as, a disputative temper.
Definition of Disputative
1. Adjective. Tending to dispute. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disputative
Literary usage of Disputative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"... п. ceeded to the continent, and mingled a good deal with educated and 'disputative'
men of the period. He is found in Germany in 1624, and in Poland, ..."
2. Studies of the Eighteenth Century in Italy by Vernon Lee (1908)
"Some of these were of the oracular sort, others of the disputative, others of
the ecstatic. The oracular ones were old gentlemen, senators, ..."
3. Essays, Historical and Theological by James Bowling Mozley (1878)
"Thus adroitly availing himself of existing machinery, he nurtured the first tender
seed of the Reformation underneath the shelter of the old disputative ..."
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