• (a.) Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts or expressions; as, factious quarrels. • (a.) Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or me... Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/factious/
Fac'tious adjective [ Latin factiosus : confer French factieux .] 1. Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; -- said of persons. « Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/2