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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.