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altercation

/ˌɔːltəˈkeɪʃn̩/ noun

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In Latin: altercātiō, certatus, iūrgium Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about altercation at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. An angry or heated dispute.
    to get into an altercation over (something)
  2. An act of posing questions to, and obtaining answers from, a witness in a court of law.
  3. Angry or heated disputation.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin altercātiō. Cognates * Catalan altercació * Italian altercazione * Occitan altercatio, altercassion * Portuguese altercação * Spanish altercación

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