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Dissentious   Listen
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Dissentious  adj.  Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Dissentious" Quotes from Famous Books



... The manner of thy vile outragious Crymes, That therefore I haue forg'd, or am not able Verbatim to rehearse the Methode of my Penne. No Prelate, such is thy audacious wickednesse, Thy lewd, pestiferous, and dissentious prancks, As very Infants prattle of thy pride. Thou art a most pernitious Vsurer, Froward by nature, Enemie to Peace, Lasciuious, wanton, more then well beseemes A man of thy Profession, and Degree. ...
— The First Folio [35 Plays] • William Shakespeare

... their own lives, they set up a trophy to their enemies, and as evidence of their valor they buried the Lacedaemonians near this memorial. For they proved the city great and not small, and rendered it harmonious and not dissentious, and erected the walls instead of pulling them down. 64. And those of them who returned, showing plans like the deeds of those who lie here, devoted themselves not to the punishment of their enemies but the safety of the city, and ...
— The Orations of Lysias • Lysias

... find thou hast dishonor'd me. Think not, although in writing I preferr'd The manner of thy vile outrageous crimes, That therefore I have forged, or am not able Verbatim to rehearse the method of my pen: No, prelate; such is thy audacious wickedness, Thy lewd, pestiferous and dissentious pranks, As very infants prattle of thy pride. Thou art a most pernicious usurer, Froward by nature, enemy to peace; Lascivious, wanton, more than well beseems A man of thy profession and degree; And for thy treachery, what's ...
— King Henry VI, First Part • William Shakespeare [Aldus edition]

... Thanks. What's the matter, you dissentious rogues, That rubbing the poor itch of your opinion, ...
— The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded • Delia Bacon



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