Bellicose

Origin

Middle English, from Latin bellicosus

Full definition of bellicose

Adjective

1. Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile.
• 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental DriftThe core Ice Age cast—wooly mammoth Manny (Ray Romano), sabertooth tiger Diego (Denis Leary), and sloth Sid (John Leguizamo)—are set adrift, sailing the high seas on a chunk of ice until they collide with a bellicose primate (Peter Dinklage).
2. Showing or having the impulse to be combative.

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Derived terms

• bellicosity