fractiousness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English fractious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English fractiousness From fractious + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality of being fractious; trouble-making; unruliness.
His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed.
1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 1, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN:
- (uncountable) A peevish or cranky nature.