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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having or showing a ready disposition to fight;
- Example: "bellicose young officers"
- Example: "a combative impulse"
- Example: "a contentious nature"
[syn: battleful, bellicose, combative]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bellicose \Bel"li*cose`\, a. [L. bellicosus, fr. bellicus of
   war, fr. bellum war. See Duel.]
   Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious.
   [1913 Webster]

         Arnold was, in fact, in a bellicose vein. --W. Irving.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bellicose
    adj 1: having or showing a ready disposition to fight;
           "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a
           contentious nature" [syn: battleful, bellicose,
           combative]