单词	pugnacity
释义	pugnaciouspug‧na‧cious /pʌɡˈneɪʃəs/ adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINpugnacious Origin: 1600-1700 Latin pugnax, from pugnare ‘to fight’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES When drinking, he becomes pugnacious and rude. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A caustically witty and pugnacious man, Wade is a charismatic speaker who can keep a crowd spellbound. A man of great personal charm, he was yet stubborn and pugnacious towards those with whom he disagreed. Congressmen have been less pugnacious since then, and in exchange Mr Borja has stopped trying to reform things much. Crystalizing these feelings was a youthful, pugnacious writer named Norman Mailer. Reg Seekings, a short, stocky and pugnacious East Anglian, had achieved a considerable reputation in the boxing ring. The missing face is that of the late Cecil Spence, Mayor in 1977-78 and as principled as he was pugnacious. very eager to argue or fight with people:  The professor had been pugnacious and irritable.—pugnaciously adverb—pugnacity /pʌɡˈnæsəti/ noun [uncountable]
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