Given to taking exception; apt to object or find fault; easily offended or contentious.
From Latin 'exceptiosus,' from 'exceptio.' Formed as an adjective to describe someone who frequently objects or complains.
This word perfectly captures someone perpetually ready for argument—it's a delightfully specific character description that Austen or Dickens might have used for a quarrelsome minor character.
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