Word of the Day: DEBATOUS

ETYMOLOGY
from debat (debate, a controversy or discussion + -ous

EXAMPLE
“…Appetytes of auaryce be to them so amerous
Abusyon and arrogaunce ben of one affynyte
Aduenture and angre ben aye so debatous.
Faynynge estate of counterfet auctoryte
Adulacyon of aduenture mayst thou not auaunt the
As a lyer in goodnes in thyne araye doest appere
Englande may wayle that euer it came here…”

From: Here Begynneth a Treatyse of this Galaunt
By John Lydgate (attributed name), ?1510