altercative

English

Etymology

See altercation.

Adjective

altercative (comparative more altercative, superlative most altercative)

1. (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,

     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.

   • 1903, E. Nesbit, “Rounding Off a Scene”, in The Literary Sense‎, New York and London: Macmillan, page 14:

     His cab, delayed by a red newspaper cart, jammed in altercative contact with a dray full of brown barrels, paused in Cannon Street.

Related terms

• altercation

Translations

characterized by wrangling

Portuguese: altercador, altercante

References

• “altercative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.