Frac″tious (?), a. [Cf. Prov. E. frack forward, eager, E. freak, fridge; or Prov. E. fratch to squabble, quarrel.] Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse.
Syn. — Snappish; peevish; waspish; cross; irritable; perverse; pettish.
— Frac″tious‐ly, v. — Frac″tious‐ness, n.