bellicosity









bellicosity


adjective

  1. inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.

adjective

  1. warlike; aggressive; ready to fight
n.

1857, from bellicose + -ity.

adj.

early 15c., from Latin bellicosus “warlike, valorous, given to fighting,” from bellicus “of war,” from bellum “war,” Old Latin duellum, dvellum, of uncertain origin.

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