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bel·li·cose    Audio Help   [bel-i-kohs] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < L bellicōsus, equiv. to bellic(us) pertaining to war (bell(um) war + -icus -ic) + -ōsus -ose1]

—Related forms
bel·li·cose·ly, adverb
bel·li·cos·i·ty    Audio Help   [bel-i-kos-i-tee] Pronunciation Key, bel·li·cose·ness, noun
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bel·li·cose    Audio Help   (běl'ĭ-kōs')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Warlike or hostile in manner or temperament. See Synonyms at belligerent.


[Middle English, from Latin bellicōsus, from bellicus, of war, from bellum, war.]

bel'li·cose'ly adv., bel'li·cos'i·ty (-kŏs'ĭ-tē), bel'li·cose'ness n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
bellicose 
1432, from L. bellicosus, from bellicus "of war," from bellum "war." Bellona was the name of the Roman goddess of war.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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bellicose

adjective
having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious nature" [syn: battleful] 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
bellicose [ˈbelikəus] adjective
warlike or quarrelsome
Example: a bellicose nation
Arabic: ميال ال إلى القِتال، مولَع بالحَرْب
Chinese (Simplified): 好战的
Chinese (Traditional): 好戰的
Czech: bojovný, agresivní
Danish: aggressiv; krigerisk
Dutch: strijdlustig
Estonian: sõjakas
Finnish: sotaisa
French: belliqueux
German: kriegerisch
Greek: πολεμοχαρής, εριστικός
Hungarian: harcias
Icelandic: herskár
Indonesian: suka bermusuhan, suka berperang
Italian: bellicoso
Japanese: 好戦的な
Korean: 호전적인
Latvian: kareivīgs; agresīvs
Lithuanian: karingas
Norwegian: stridbar, krigersk
Polish: wojowniczy
Portuguese (Brazil): belicoso
Portuguese (Portugal): belicoso
Romanian: războinic, cer­tăreţ
Russian: воинственный
Slovak: bojachtivý
Slovenian: bojevit
Spanish: belicoso
Swedish: krigisk, stridslysten
Turkish: kavgacı
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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Bellicose

Bel"lic\, Bellical \Bel"li*cal\, a. [L. bellicus. See Bellicose.] Of or pertaining to war; warlike; martial. [Obs.] "Bellic C[ae]sar." --Feltham.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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