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Definition of Fractiousness
1. Noun. The trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline.
Generic synonyms: Intractability, Intractableness
Specialized synonyms: Contrariness, Perverseness, Perversity, Wildness
Derivative terms: Fractious, Fractious, Unruly, Unruly, Unruly, Wilful, Willful
Definition of Fractiousness
1. Noun. The quality of being fractious; trouble-making; unruliness ¹
2. Noun. A peevish or cranky nature ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fractiousness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fractiousness
Literary usage of Fractiousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1873)
"... fractiousness (and hu1. powerful that same fractiousness in a man is in quelling
the hearts and spirits rind happiness of the wretched women who dwell ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Negligence by Thomas Gaskell Shearman, Amasa Angell Redfield (1898)
"Whether the fractiousness of a horse, with which the plaintiff is attempting to
cross a railroad, if it contributes to his injury, is to be imputed to him ..."
3. The Sunday Magazine by Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh (1875)
"Let the nurse have the trouble of the children ; not you : the washing and
dressing, the romping, the noise, the tiresome little fractiousness. ..."
4. England in Egypt by Alfred Milner Milner (1894)
"The fractiousness of the French colony and the ill- natured action of the French
Foreign Office, which is largely due to that fractiousness, ..."
5. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1907)
"The treason of Russell is to be attributed partly to fractiousness: the treason
of Godolphin is to be attributed altogether to timidity: the treason of ..."
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