bellicose
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ɪˌkoʊs adjective
inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
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bellicose (ˈbɛlɪˌkəʊs, -ˌkəʊz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| warlike; aggressive; ready to fight | |
| [C15: from Latin bellicōsus, from bellum war] | |
| 'bellicosely | |
| —adv | |
| bellicosity | |
| —n | |
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Bellicose
is an SAT word you need to know.
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| a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock. |
| to deprive and make desolate, esp. by death usually fol. by of: |
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Word Origin & History
bellicose
early 15c., from L. bellicosus "warlike," from bellicus "of war," from bellum "war," O.L. duellum, dvellum, of uncertain origin. Bellona was the name of the Roman goddess of war. Related: Bellicosity.
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Example sentences
Of course such bellicose comments will be noted by other states elsewhere around the world.
She looks so traditionally feminine that her foul mouth and bellicose nature are amusing surprises.
His words, characteristically, had been strident and bellicose.
The old gentleman was in a bellicose mood as he reminisced.
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