Debateful

/[dɪˈbeɪtfəɫ]/ adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Contentious, argumentative, full of strife. obsolete

    "Debatefull strife, and cruell enmitie / The famous name of knighthood fowly shend [...]."

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argumentativediscordantdisputatiousquarrelsome

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"Debatefull strife, and cruell enmitie / The famous name of knighthood fowly shend [...]."

Etymology

From debate + -ful.

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