It's the word of the day for February 1st.
Today's word is disputatious, spelled D-I-S-P-U-T-A-T-I-O-U-S.
Disputatious is an adjective.
It's a formal word used to describe someone who often disagrees and argues with other people.
In other words, someone inclined to dispute.
It can also describe something marked or characterized by arguments or controversies,
or something that provokes debate or controversy.
Here's the word used in a sentence from The Atlantic by Paul Post.
The 1990s were especially disputatious.
Civil wars arose on multiple continents, as did major wars in Europe and Africa.
Quarrelsome, contentious, polemical,
The English language sure loves a multi-syllabic word to describe your teture types.
And who are we to argue?
Disputatious is another lengthy adjective applied to people who like to start arguments or find something to disagree about.
And it can be used to characterize situations and issues as well.
For example, court trials are disputatious, that is, they are marked by the action of disputing.
And an issue or matter is disputatious if it provokes controversy.
However,
if a matter such as an assertion made by someone is open to question rather than downright controversial,
it's merely disputable.