a. ? Obs. rare. [f. ALTERCATE + -IVE; cf. alternative.] Characterized by altercation, full of wrangling.
1731. Fielding, Grub St. Op., Wks. 1784, II. 51. You have made additions … to the altercative or scolding scenes. Ibid. (1737), Tumble-Down Dick, III. 397. The true altercative, or scolding style of the ancients.
