c 3 o 1 n 1 t 1 e 1 n 1 t 1 i 1 o 1 u 1 s 1 n 1 e 1 s 1 s 1
15 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious
originEtymology tree Latin contentiōsus Middle French contentieux English contentious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English contentiousness From contentious + -ness.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- contentions 13
- contentious 13
- innocentest 13
- necessitous 13
- consistent 12
- contention 12
- continents 12
- contusions 12
- countesses 12
- cutesiness 12
- noninsects 12
- nuttinesses 11