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Word of the Day: FRACTIOUS

Sep 18, 2023
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fractious (adj) - irritable, unruly, and quarrelsome; difficult to manage or control [frak-shuhs]

BREAKDOWN: FRACT- (break) + -OUS (full of)

“I am at the moment deaf in the ears, hoarse in the throat, red in the nose, green in the gills, damp in the eyes, twitchy in the joints and fractious in temper from a most intolerable and oppressive cold.” —Charles Dickens

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