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Webster 1913 Edition

Pugnacity

Pug-nac′i-ty

,

Noun.

[L.

pugnacitas

: cf. F.

pugnacité

.]

Inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness.

“ A national pugnacity of character.”

Motley.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pugnacity

PUGNAC'ITY

,

Noun.

Inclination to fight; quarrelsomeness. [Little used.]