Bellicose (adj)
bel-i-kohs
Inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin bellicōsus, equivalent to bellic(us) “pertaining to war” ( bell(um) “war” + -icus -ic ) + -ōsus -ose
Example sentences
“I was tiring of his bellicose attitude.”
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