eristic vs ropeable

eristic

adj
  • Provoking strife, controversy or discord. 

noun
  • One who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious. 

  • A type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to argue for the sake of conflict, and often to see who can yell the loudest. 

ropeable

adj
  • Angry to the point of needing to be restrained from violent action. 

  • Able to be roped and so restrained. 

How often have the words eristic and ropeable occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )