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bellicose, a.|ˌbɛlɪˈkəʊs| [ad. L. bellicōs-us: see -ose.] Inclined to war or fighting; warlike.
1432–50tr. Higden (1865) I. 321 Germanye, the peple of whom was..bellicose. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (1858) I. 134 Our godis aboue..In Albione hes plantit..The perfite pepill, bald and bellicois. 1706Maule Hist. Picts in Misc. Scot. I. 32 The bellicose Romans. 1880Kinglake Crimea VI. iii. 13 Their bellicose names were deceptive. |