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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fractious \Frac"tious\, a. [Cf. Prov. E. frack forward, eager, E. freak, fridge; or Prov. E. fratch to squabble, quarrel.] Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as a fractious man; a fractious horse. Syn: Snappish; peevish; waspish; cross; irritable; perverse; pettish. -- {Frac"tious*ly}, v. -- {Frac"tious*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fractiousness n : the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline [syn: {unruliness}, {willfulness}, {wilfulness}]
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