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Webster 1913 Edition

Pugnacious

Pug-na′cious

,

Adj.

[L.

pugnax

,

-acis

, fr.

pugnare

to fight. Cf.

,

.]

Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting.

–

Pug-na′cious-ly

,

adv.

–

Pug-na′cious-ness

,

Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pugnacious

PUGNA'CIOUS

,

Adj.

[L. pugnax, from pugna, a fight; from pugnus, the fist. See Pugil.]

Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting.