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bellicose

[bel-i-kohs]

adjective

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



bellicose

/ ˈbɛlɪˌkəʊs, -ˌkəʊz, ˌbɛlɪˈkɒsɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. warlike; aggressive; ready to fight

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • bellicosely adverb
  • bellicosity noun
  • bellicoseness noun
  • unbellicose adjective
  • ˈˌDz adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bellicose1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin ōܲ, equivalent to bellic(us) “pertaining to war” ( bell(um) “war” + -icus -ic ) + -ōܲ -ose 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bellicose1

C15: from Latin ōܲ , from bellum war
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At about the same time, more bellicose Republicans were celebrating the attacks on social media.

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Despite his bellicose Christianity, however, Donald Trump's appointee had no problem violating the biblical commandment against bearing false witness.

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The first ad from the group in Wisconsin race aired on Feb. 20, invoking a similar bellicose style to the group’s prior efforts.

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But during that first term, despite Trump's seeming threats to NATO, his bellicose rhetoric did push more European states to cough up extra cash for defence.

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But his attitude to the bellicose rhetoric from Mar-A-Lago is far from relaxed.

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