Pugnacity

Pugnacity
Pugnacity Pug*nac"i*ty, n. [L. pugnacitas: cf. F. pugnacit['e].] Inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness. `` A national pugnacity of character.'' --Motley. [1913 Webster]

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  • pugnacity — index belligerency Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • pugnacity — [[t]pʌgnæ̱sɪti[/t]] N UNCOUNT Pugnacity is the quality of being pugnacious. [FORMAL] He is legendary for his fearlessness and pugnacity …   English dictionary

  • pugnacity — pugnacious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight. DERIVATIVES pugnacity noun. ORIGIN from Latin pugnare to fight …   English terms dictionary

  • pugnacity — noun see pugnacious …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pugnacity — See pugnaciously. * * * …   Universalium

  • pugnacity — noun The act or characteristic of being aggressive or combative. Syn: pugnaciousness See Also: pugnacious, pugnaciously …   Wiktionary

  • pugnacity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature: bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, mili tance, militancy, pugnaciousness, truculence, truculency. See ATTACK. 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • pugnacity — pug nac·i·ty || pÊŒg næsÉ™tɪ n. state of being quarrelsome, combativeness, belligerence …   English contemporary dictionary

  • pugnacity — n. Quarrelsomeness …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • pugnacity — pug·nac·i·ty …   English syllables

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