16 September 2018 – fractious

16 September 2018

fractious

fractious

[frak-shuhs]

adjective

refractory or unruly:
a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
readily angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome:
an incorrigibly fractious young man.

Origin of fractious

First recorded in 1715–25; fracti(on) + -ous

Related forms

frac·tious·ly, adverb
frac·tious·ness, noun
un·frac·tious, adjective
un·frac·tious·ly, adverb
un·frac·tious·ness, noun

Can be confused

factional factious fractious

Synonyms

1. stubborn, difficult. 2. testy, captious, petulant, snappish, pettish, waspish, touchy.

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Examples from the Web for fractious

Contemporary Examples

Relationships in her “blood family,” a distinction her brother pointedly made at her funeral, were often strained and fractious.
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The Day the Fairytale Died
Marilyn Johnson
July 12, 2014

Starting with the House, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) was largely successful in keeping his fractious caucus largely in check.
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2014 New Year’s Resolutions for the D.C. Political Establishment
Ron Christie
January 2, 2014

The story told on these walls is a fractured and fractious one that consciously resists an easy narrative.
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Finally, an Accurate Look Back at AIDS Activism in ‘Why We Fight’
Hugh Ryan
December 15, 2013

He was well aware of the fractious history between Congress and the White House on Gitmo and was determined to start anew.
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Congress Cooperates, Obama Pushes Hard, and Closing Gitmo Has a Chance
Daniel Klaidman
December 12, 2013

We are a troubled and fractious country, in a difficult neighbourhood.
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Rowdy Crowds At Mandela’s Memorial
Mark Gevisser
December 10, 2013

Historical Examples

Correy mooned around the Arpan sub-base like a fractious child.
The Terror from the Depths
Sewell Peaslee Wright

His voice had a fractious tone, as if he combated an unseen tyrant.
Country Neighbors
Alice Brown

I’ll break you to pieces, James H., if you are fractious; and I’ve got the weapons to do it with.
A Pessimist
Robert Timsol

You are old enough to know better, and yet you behave like a fractious child.
Menhardoc
George Manville Fenn

There’s a tray for each, of course; but a ball dress is such a fractious thing.
Moods
Louisa May Alcott


Today’s quote

I have no patience with dinosaurs.

– Adam West


On this day

16 September – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.

16 September 1908 – General Motors is founded by William C. Durrant.

16 September 1920 – The bombing of Wall St, New York, which kills 38 and injures 143. The crime has never been solved, but is believed to have been committed by Italian anarchists known as Galleanists, (after their leader Luigi Galleani), who were protesting against capitalism. The bomb had been placed in a horse wagon.

16 September 1927 – birth of Peter Falk, U.S. actor (Colombo) … ‘therrre ya go‘… (died 23 June 2011.

16 September 1975 – Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia. PNG National Day.

16 September 1977 – death of Marc Bolan in a car accident. Singer/guitarist for T-Rex. (Born 30 September 1947 as Mark Feld).

16 – 18 September 1982 – Lebanese Christian militia (Phalange) massacres between 765 and 3,500 Palestinian and Lebanese civilians in Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut. An inquiry in 1983 held Israeli troops indirectly responsible as they had surrounded the camps, controlling access to them, and were aware a massacre was occurring without taking steps to stop it.

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