Bellicose : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Bellicose	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Bellicose
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bellicose adj having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious nature" Synonym(s): battleful, bellicose, combative
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bellicose \Bel"licose`\, a. [L. bellicosus, fr. bellicus of war, fr. bellum war. See {Duel}.] Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious. Arnold was, in fact, in a bellicose* vein. --W. Irving.