bellicoseness

 [bel-i-kohs]  

bel·li·cose

   [bel-i-kohs]
adjective
inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin bellicōsus, equivalent 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  [bel-i-kos-i-tee] , bel·li·cose·ness, noun
un·bel·li·cose, adjective
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bellicoseness

noun
a natural disposition to fight [syn: bellicosity] 
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