Both Uses of
fractious
in
Their Eyes Were Watching God
- Five or six more men left the porch and surrounded the fractious beast, goosing him in the sides and making him show his temper.†
p. 56.7 *
- The more his back ached and his muscle dissolved into fat and the fat melted off his bones, the more fractious he became with Janie.†
p. 78.1
Definition:
easily upset and annoyed; or tending to fight and difficult to control