bellicosity

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bel·li·cose

(bĕl′ĭ-kōs′)

adj.

Warlike or hostile in manner or temperament. See Synonyms at belligerent.

[Middle English, from Latin bellicōsus, from bellicus, of war, from bellum, war.]

bel′li·cose′ly adv.

bel′li·cos′i·ty (-kŏs′ĭ-tē), bel′li·cose′ness n.

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bellicosity

a warlike or hostile attitude. — bellicose, adj.

bellicosity

noun

1. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature:

bellicoseness, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, militance, militancy, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency.

2. The power or will to fight:

bellicoseness, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, fight, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency.

Translations

bellicosità

воинственность

bellicosity

[ˌbelɪˈkɒsɪtɪ] N → belicosidad f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bellicosity

n (of nation, mood) → Kriegslust f; (= pugnacity) → Kampf(es)lust f, → Streitsüchtigkeit f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

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