From the daily vocab world of A.Word.A.Day:
fractious (FRAK-shuhs) adjective
1. Irritable; cranky.
2. Unruly.
[From Middle English fraccioun, from Late Latin fraction-, stem of fractio
(act of breaking), from Latin fractus, past participle of Latin frangere
(to break). Ultimately from Indo-European root bhreg- (to break) that's
also the progenitor of words such as break, breach, fraction, and fragile.]
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