|dispyə|tāshəs, -(ˌ)spyü|- adjective
Etymology: disputati on + -ous
1.
a. : inclined to dispute : apt to wrangle or cavil : argumentative , contentious
the wrangling of many disputatious … councils of French churchmen — H.O.Taylor
man by his nature is a disputatious and fighting animal — Horace Sutton
b. : marked by disputation
philosophers loll in their disputatious ease — R.P.Warren
had a disputatious time at the meeting
2. : controversial
a paper so concise, so lacking in disputatious matter — D.C.Peattie
• dis·pu·ta·tious·ly adverb
• dis·pu·ta·tious·ness noun -es