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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fractious /ˈfrakʃəs/
adjective
  • 1 easily irritated.
  • 2 difficult to control.
– derivatives
fractiously adverb,
fractiousness noun.
– origin C17: from fraction, prob. on the pattern of the pair faction, factious.



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