fractious

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fractious englannista suomeksi

1. riitaisa, ärtyisä

2. niskoitteleva

3. hankala

fractious englanniksi

1. Given to troublemaking.

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2. 1835 James Kirke Paulding: The Diverting History of Bull and Jonathan

Now when the fractious little Beau Napperty heard that Bull had sent over his tenantry to commit trespass upon his marshes, he fell into one of the greatest passions ever known, and swore that Parson Fred should rue the hour he came over into his pastures.

3. Irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome.

4. 1841 Western Farmer and Gardener, Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, and Rural Economy. Ed. Thomas Affleck. vol. II. Oct. 1840 to Sept. 1841.

|Fractious boys should be taught to govern their own tempers before they have the full control of oxen; and fractious men should remember that he who controls his own spirit is mightier than many who govern whole cities.

5. (RQ:Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre) to him, in his present fractious mood, she dared whisper no observations, nor ask of him any information.

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