altercative
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See altercation.
Adjective[edit]
altercative (comparative more altercative, superlative most altercative)
- (rare) Characterized by altercation
- 1731, Henry Fielding, The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great, London: J. Roberts, Act II, Scene 7, p. 30, footnote z,[1]
- I know some of the Commentators have imagined, that Mr. Dryden, in the Altercative Scene between Cleopatra and Octavia […] is much beholden to our Author.
- 1731, Henry Fielding, The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great, London: J. Roberts, Act II, Scene 7, p. 30, footnote z,[1]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
characterized by wrangling
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References[edit]
- “altercative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.