Word of the Day for Monday, February 22, 2010
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fractious \FRAK-shuhs\, adjective:
fractious \FRAK-shuhs\, adjective:
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1. Tending to cause trouble; unruly.
1. Tending to cause trouble; unruly.
2. Irritable; snappish; cranky.
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The B.O. considers the Republicans a bunch of fractious obstructionists that just won't tow his socialist line!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
Fractious is from fraction, which formerly had the sense "discord, dissension, disharmony"; it is derived from Latin frangere, "to break."
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