bellicose.
Warlike or combative in nature; aggressively hostile.
Meaning & usage
Warlike or combative in nature; aggressively hostile.
You don't have to be so bellicose, and we can work out a peaceful solution.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Archaic Latin duenos Old Latin *duenelos? Old Latin duellum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Old Latin -icus Old Latin duellicus Latin bellicusder. Latin bellicum signumellip.? Latin bellicum Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin bellicosusder. Middle English bellicose English bellicose From Middle English bellicose, from Latin bellicosus.
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