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

No bawling, no quarrelsomeness, no staggering tipplers; a spirit of universal good cheer broods over the assembly.

From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman

I did go to Brabant, but I saw no anger or quarrelsomeness; yet I suppose he had his reasons.

From A Wanderer in Holland by Marshall, Herbert, R. W .S.

As between adults, we find a general quarrelsomeness which makes political reform as impossible to most Englishmen as to hogs.

From Treatise on Parents and Children by Shaw, Bernard