quarrelsomeness

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In return, "the young woman of that day will refuse him because he has inherited a gene from his father which will predispose their children to quarrelsomeness".

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2014

Giap's quarrelsomeness has shown up in the long course of the war.

From Time Magazine Archive

But as Burckhardt says it was the drollery and playfulness, even the quarrelsomeness and stealth, and above all the lusty health and animal vigour of young life that was depicted.

From Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics by Alexander, Archibald B. C.

It must be remembered that at this period private duelling and cavalier quarrelsomeness amounted to a perfect mania.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

On account of his reputation for quarrelsomeness men chose their words carefully when they spoke to him.

From A Man Four-Square by Raine, William MacLeod