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Webster 1913 Edition

Bellicose

Bel′li-coseˊ

,

Adj.

[L.

bellicosu

s, fr.

bellicus

of war, fr.

bellum

war. See

.]

Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious.

Arnold was, in fact, in a

bellicose

vein.

W. Irving.

Definition 2024

bellicose

bellicose

English

Adjective

bellicose ‎(comparative more bellicose, superlative most bellicose)

Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile.
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
  The 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).
Showing or having the impulse to be combative.

Related terms

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:combative

Antonyms

pacific

Translations

warlike in nature

Bulgarian: войнствен (bg) ‎(vojnstven)
Danish: krigerisk (da)
Dutch: vechtlustig
Estonian: sõjakas (et)
Finnish: sotaisa (fi)
French: belliqueux
German: kriegerisch (de)
Icelandic: herskár m, deilugjarn m, bardagafús m, óeirinn m, errinn m

Irish:
Old Irish: cathach
Japanese: 戦争好きな ‎(sensōzuki na), 好戦的な ‎(kōsenteki na)
Maori: kaitaua
Portuguese: bélico (pt) m
Russian: вои́нственный (ru) ‎(voínstvennyj)
Tagalog: pinga

having the impulse to be combative

Bulgarian: войнствен (bg) ‎(vojnstven)
Dutch: strijdlustig (nl)
Finnish: riidanhaluinen
French: belliqueux

German: kriegerisch (de)
Icelandic: herskár m, bardagafús m
Japanese: 喧嘩っ早い ‎(kenkappayai), 武闘派な (ja) ‎(butōha na)
Maori: kaitaua
Russian: вои́нственный (ru) ‎(voínstvennyj)

Italian

Adjective

bellicose f pl

feminine plural of bellicoso

Latin

Adjective

bellicōse

vocative masculine singular of bellicōsus

References

BELLICOSE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)