Wednesday word: bellicose

[trellia-chan.livejournal.com]

bellicose: [bel-i-kohs]

adjective:  Showing an inclination or eagerness to fight; aggressive and hostile. Pugnacious. (Love that word!)

Origin: 1400-1450s  Late Middle English, from Latin bellicōsus.

Comments

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

I always thought bellicose meant loud-mouthed. There ya go!

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Well, the bellicose do often trash-talk.

---L.

[trellia-chan.livejournal.com]

Precisely what I was going to say!

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

As always, excellent word!

[trellia-chan.livejournal.com]

I thought it looked like an oddly attractive word for what it means.