pugilant
/ˈpjuːdʒɪlənt/ /ˈpjuːdʒɪl(ə)nt/ /ˈpjuːdʒ(ə)l(ə)nt/rare
adjective
Given to or characterized by boxing or fighting; (chiefly figurative ) aggressive, belligerent.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country. From classical Latin pugilant-, pugilāns, present participle of pugilārī (also pugillārī) to box (2nd cent. a.d. in Apuleius) from pugil.