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Definition of pugilistic - 2 dictionary results

pu⋅gi⋅list

  [pyoo-juh-list]
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–noun
a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
Origin:
1780–90; < L pugil (see pugilism ) + -ist

Related forms:
pu⋅gi⋅lis⋅tic, adjective
pu⋅gi⋅lis⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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pu·gi·lism   (pyōō'jə-lĭz'əm)   
n.  The skill, practice, and sport of fighting with the fists; boxing.

[From Latin pugil, pugilist; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]
pu'gi·list n., pu'gi·lis'tic adj.
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