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battailous, a. arch.|ˈbætɪləs|
Forms: 4 batelouse, -ailous, -aillous, 5 -ellous, -ayllous, 5–6 battelous, 6– -aylous, 7 -ellous, -alouse, 6–9 -ailous, (8 battlous).
[a. OF. bataillos (-eus), f. bataille battle: see -ous.]
Fond of fighting, ready for battle; warlike, bellicose, pugnacious.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. (1871) III. 165 Bothe mon and beestis ben pure batelouse. 1393Gower Conf. III. 118 Mighty Mars the batailous. 1483Caxton Cato E vi. b, The hors is a beest fyghtyng and batayllous. 1592W. Wyrley Armorie 44 With battelous axe in fist. 1596Spenser F.Q. i. v. 2 In sunbright armes, and battailous array. 1667Milton P.L. vi. 81 A fierie Region stretcht In battailous aspect. 1760Beattie Pigm. & Cranes 126 In battailous array display'd. 1876Lowell Among my Bks. ii. 241 The silent thunders of their battailous armaments. |