factious
英 ['fækʃəs]
美['fækʃəs]
- adj. 好捣乱的;好搞派系的;源于派别的
英英释意
- 1. dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
英文词源
- factious (adj.)
- "given to faction, turbulently partisan, dissentious," 1530s, from Middle French factieux and directly from Latin factiosus "partisan, seditious, inclined to form parties," from factionem "political party" (see faction (n.1)). Related: Factiously; factiousness.