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fractious
What does fractious mean?
fractious (adjective): stubbornly resistant to authority or control.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use fractious in a sentence?
- A fractious animal that would not submit to the harness. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce fractious?
/ˈfɹækʃəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does fractious come from?
From fraction (“discord”) (now obsolete) + -ous.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily
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stubbornly resistant to authority or control
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so small as to be meaningless; insignificant
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