contradictious

American  

[kon-truh-dik-shuhs] / ˌkɒn trəˈdɪk ʃəs /

adjective

1. inclined to contradict; disputatious.

2. Archaic. self-contradictory.

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Other Word Forms

• contradictiously adverb
• contradictiousness noun
• uncontradictious adjective

Etymology

Origin of contradictious

First recorded in 1595–1605; contradict + -ious

Example Sentences

The parenthesis describing how he "was ever contradictious of Ciaran" is probably a gloss; so far as the incident goes, the contradictiousness is the other way.

From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by MacAlister, R.A. Stewart

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.

Mr. Gunning, though less contradictious than his wont, was certainly one of the most deliberately unsympathetic men she knew.

From All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches by Somerville, E. Oe. (Edith Oenone)

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

If he had taken a contradictious tone on purpose to draw Mrs. Luna out, he could not have elicited more of the information he desired.

From The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) by James, Henry