factious

From Latin factiosus (“divisive; inclined to separate”); derivative of factio.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfækʃəs/^[1]

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• Rhymes: -ækʃəs

factious (comparative more factious, superlative most factious)

1. Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.
2. Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 230:

     I heard that she left off powder, patches, and rouge, for a month when his third consort died, and he grew religious—whether out of grief or gratitude, I never heard; then she grew factious, for the sake of your own King, and thought to strew the way to the altar with straws instead of flowers. I applaud her spirit in fighting for a crown.

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