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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bellicose \Bel"li*cose`\, a. [L. bellicosus fr bellicus of war, fr bellum war. See {Duel}.] Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious. Arnold was in fact in a bellicose vein. --W. Irving. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bellicose adj : having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious nature" [syn: {battleful}, {combative}, {contentious}]
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