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fond of or given to argument and debate; contentious
The disputatious committee could not pass even a trivial motion.
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disputatiouslydisputatiousness
Etymology
From Latin disputatio ('discussion, debate') + -ous; from disputare ('to argue'), from dis- ('separately') + putare ('to reckon, think').
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