bateful

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adjective

Causing contention; contentious.

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Meanings

adjectivebateful (comparative more bateful, superlative most bateful)

comparative more bateful · superlative most bateful

  1. obsoleteCausing contention; contentious.

    It did bateful question frame.

    The New Arcadia

    a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC

Origin

From bate + -ful.

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APA

bateful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bateful

MLA

“bateful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bateful. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bateful,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bateful.

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