fractiousness

English

Etymology

fractious +‎ -ness

Noun

fractiousness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being fractious; trouble-making; unruliness.
   • 1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 1, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, →OCLC:

     His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed.

2. A peevish or cranky nature.

Related terms

• fractiously