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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.]

Definition 2024


pugnacity

pugnacity

English

Noun

pugnacity (usually uncountable, plural pugnacities)

  1. The act or characteristic of being aggressive or combative.

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