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disputative

disputative adjective: tending to dispute.

Adjective

disputative (comparative more disputative, superlative most disputative)

  1. Tending to dispute.

Forms of disputative

comparativemore disputative
superlativemost disputative

Origin of disputative

From Latin disputativus (“pertaining to a dispute”).

Words formed from disputative

Questions about disputative

What does disputative mean?
Disputative means tending to dispute.
What part of speech is disputative?
Disputative is an adjective.

Words near disputative in the dictionary

  1. disputationism
  2. disputations
  3. disputatious
  4. disputatiously
  5. disputatiousness
  6. disputative
  7. disputatively
  8. disputativeness
  9. disputator
  10. disputators
  11. dispute

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