/ˈfræk.ʃəs/ · adjective
Quick to spark, quick to snap — always a shove away from a quarrel.
from a 'breaking' lineage related to fraction and fracture — a temper that snaps into quarrels.
“The room grew fractious once every suggestion started sounding like an insult.”
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