'Fractiousness' definitions:

Definition of 'fractiousness'

(from WordNet)
noun
The trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline [syn: unruliness, fractiousness, willfulness, wilfulness]

Definition of 'Fractiousness'

From: GCIDE
  • Fractious \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. [1913 Webster]