contradictious
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Origin of contradictious
First recorded in 1595–1605; contradict + -ious
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Nowadays, of actual persecution there is little, because there is little need; because the repression acts, save with the most independent, original and contradictious tempers, upon thought rather than expression.
From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various
It was simply a contradictious action, as there was no warranty for it in vert and venison.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
And this thought points the way out of another contradictious puzzle, that which confronts my argument from the ears of an ass.
From Concerning Animals and Other Matters by Aitken, Edward Hamilton
If apparent contradictious should be met with, every effort should be made to meet them.
From Chapters of Bible Study A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Sacred Scriptures by Heuser, Herman J.
If I had said: "Of course he's a spy"—I should have rallied all Harburn's confidence in Holsteig, for he was naturally contradictious.
From Tatterdemalion by Galsworthy, John
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