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adjective
inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
Origin:
1635–45; pugnaci(ty) (< Latin pugnācitās combativeness, equivalent to pugnāci-, stem of pugnāx combative (akin to pugil; see pugilism) + -tās -ty2) + -ous
1635–45; pugnaci(ty) (< Latin pugnācitās combativeness, equivalent to pugnāci-, stem of pugnāx combative (akin to pugil; see pugilism) + -tās -ty2) + -ous
Related forms
pug·na·cious·ly, adverb
un·pug·na·cious, adjective
un·pug·na·cious·ly, adverb
un·pug·na·cious·ness, noun
Synonyms
argumentative, contentious, bellicose.
argumentative, contentious, bellicose.
Antonyms
agreeable.
agreeable.
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Word Origin & History
pugnacious
1642, from L. pugnacis, gen. of pugnax "combative," from pugnare "to fight," from pugnus "fist," from PIE base *peug- "to stick, stab" (cf. Gk. pyx "with clenched fist," pygme "fist, boxing," pyktes "boxer;" L. pungere "to pierce, prick").
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