http://trellia-chan.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] trellia-chan.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1word1day2015-08-12 11:36 pm
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Wednesday word: bellicose

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.

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[identity profile] kryptyd.livejournal.com 2015-08-13 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
I always thought bellicose meant loud-mouthed. There ya go!

[identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com 2015-08-13 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, the bellicose do often trash-talk.

---L.

[identity profile] trellia-chan.livejournal.com 2015-08-13 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Precisely what I was going to say!

[identity profile] theidolhands.livejournal.com 2015-08-13 09:23 am (UTC)(link)
As always, excellent word!

[identity profile] trellia-chan.livejournal.com 2015-08-13 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought it looked like an oddly attractive word for what it means.
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