factious

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.
  2. Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.
    — 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.

词形变化

more factious comparative most factious superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
factiously factiousness nonfactious unfactious
相关词
factitious

词源

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