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bel⋅li⋅cose

  [bel-i-kohs]
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–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 -ose 1

Related forms:
bel⋅li⋅cose⋅ly, adverb
bel⋅li⋅cos⋅i⋅ty  [bel-i-kos-i-tee] , bel⋅li⋅cose⋅ness, noun
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bel·li·cose   (běl'ĭ-kōs')   
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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