Argumentative
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Of or relating to argumentation; specifically, presenting a logical argument or line of reasoning; argumentive, discursive.
"I proceed next to treat of the argumentative or reaſoning Part of a Diſcourſe. In whatever place, or on whatever ſubject one ſpeaks, this beyond doubt is of the greateſt conſequence."
- 2 Prone to argue or dispute.
"Your host was in his turn eloquent,—authoritative,—facetious,—argumentative,—precatory,—pathetic, above all, pertinacious."
- 1 given to or characterized by argument wordnet
Example
More examples"Tom gets very argumentative with a few beers under his belt."
Etymology
From Late Middle English argumentatif (“syllogistic, sophistic”), from Old French argumentatif, argumentative (modern French argumentatif (“argumentative”)) and Medieval Latin, Late Latin argūmentātīvus, from Latin argūmentātor + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives).
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