adj.1 argumentative, quarrelsome.
2 likely to cause an argument; disputed, controversial.
Derivatives:
contentiously adv. contentiousness n.
Etymology: ME f. OF contentieux f. L contentiosus (as contention)
adj.1 argumentative, quarrelsome.
2 likely to cause an argument; disputed, controversial.
Derivatives:
contentiously adv. contentiousness n.
Etymology: ME f. OF contentieux f. L contentiosus (as contention)
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012