bellicoseadj.
/ˌbɛlɪˈkəʊs/ Inclined to war or fighting; warlike.
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society > armed hostility > war > [adjective] > warlike > of persons
fightya1325
fightinga1340
fadea1400
maliciousc1400
warly1423
bellicose1432
warlike1488
bellicous1536
bellosious1606
debellative1651
Tyrtaean1880
warry1901
society > armed hostility > war > militarism > [adjective] > inclined to war
bellicose1432
warful1530
contentious1535
bellicous1536
philopolemic1793
philopolemical1827
warlike1915
war-minded1936
1432–50 tr. Higden (1865) I. 321 Germanye, the peple of whom was..bellicose.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 134 Our godis aboue..In Albione hes plantit..The perfite pepill, bald and bellicois.
1706 Hist. Picts (ESTC T142053) viii. 39 The..Bellicose Roman Proconsuls.
1880 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea (ed. 4) VI. iii. 13 Their bellicose names were deceptive.
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