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

Much of their teaching is of course the common property of all moral teachers—the deprecation of anger, of quarrelsomeness, of self-indulgence, of grumbling, of impurity, is peculiar to no school.

From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)

In spite of her companion's affectation of a smiling quarrelsomeness, Vida unfolded her table-napkin with the air of one looking forward to her tête-à-tête with the man who had brought her down.

From The Convert by Robins, Elizabeth

Tia Picores, in despair at such everlasting quarrelsomeness, contented herself with a resigned invocation to heaven.

From Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore by Livingston, Arthur