08 | October | 2014 | Melissa Janda

bel·li·cose adjective \ˈbe-li-ˌkōs\: having or showing a tendency to argue or fight

Full Definition of BELLICOSE

: favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars

— bel·li·cos·i·ty noun

<bellicose hockey players who always seem to spend more time fighting than playing>
Never in peacetime, perhaps, have the statements of our government officials been more relentlessly bellicose. Yet their actions have been comparatively cautious. —New Yorker, 24 June 1985

Middle English, from Latin bellicosus, from bellicus of war, from bellum war

First Known Use: 15th century

Synonyms: aggressive, agonistic, argumentative, assaultive, belligerent, brawly, chippy, combative, confrontational, contentious, discordant, disputatious, feisty, gladiatorial, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent, warlike

Antonyms: nonaggressive, nonbelligerent, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, unbelligerent, uncombative, uncontentious

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