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bellicosity

[bel-i-kohs] Origin

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

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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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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bellicose (ˈbɛlɪˌkəʊs, -ˌkəʊz)
 
adj
warlike; aggressive; ready to fight
 
[C15: from Latin bellicōsus, from bellum war]
 
'bellicosely
 
adv
 
bellicosity
 
n

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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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