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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 dis·pu·ta·tious /-ʃəs/
 (a.)愛議論的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dis·pu·ta·tious a. Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper.
    The Christian doctrine of a future life was no recommendation of the new religion to the wits and philosophers of that disputations period.   --Buckminster.
 -- Dis*pu*ta*tious*ly, adv. -- Dis*pu*ta*tious*ness, n.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 disputatious
      adj : inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree,
            even to engage in law suits; "a style described as
            abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a
            litigious and acrimonious spirit" [syn: contentious,
            disputative, litigious]