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

A Federalist of light weight who had arrived at quarrelsomeness and an empty bottle put in a sudden oar.

From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary

Many of the unions work against the intemperance and quarrelsomeness of their members.

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm

To him enters a seedy but burly Stranger, in a state of muzzy affability, with an under-suggestion of quarrelsomeness.

From Mr. Punch's Railway Book by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir