fractiousness

Variant of fractious

fractious definition

frac·tious (frak′s̸həs)

adjective

  1. hard to manage; unruly; rebellious; refractory
  2. peevish; irritable; cross

Etymology: prob. < fraction (in obs. sense “discord”) + -ous

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