bellicose

English

WOTD – 10 March 2006

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Latin bellicosus.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛlɪkoʊs/, /ˈbɛləkoʊs/

Adjective

bellicose (comparative more bellicose, superlative most bellicose)

Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile.
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
  The core Ice Age cast—wooly mammoth Manny (Ray Romano), sabertooth tiger Diego (Denis Leary), and sloth Sid (John Leguizamo)—are set adrift, sailing the high seas on a chunk of ice until they collide with a bellicose primate (Peter Dinklage).
Showing or having the impulse to be combative.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:combative

Antonyms

pacific

Related terms

Coordinate terms

Translations

warlike in nature

Bulgarian: войнствен (bg) (vojnstven)
Danish: krigerisk (da)
Dutch: vechtlustig (nl)
Estonian: sõjakas (et)
Finnish: sotaisa (fi)
French: belliqueux (fr)
Galician: bélico (gl) m
Georgian: მეომარი (meomari), მებრძოლი (mebrʒoli)
German: kriegerisch (de)
Icelandic: herskár m, deilugjarn m, bardagafús m, óeirinn m, errinn m

Irish:
Old Irish: cathach
Italian: bellicoso (it)
Japanese: 戦争好きな (sensōzuki na), 好戦的な (ja) (kōsenteki na)
Maori: kaitaua
Portuguese: bélico (pt) m
Russian: вои́нственный (ru) (voínstvennyj)
Tagalog: pinga

having the impulse to be combative

Bulgarian: войнствен (bg) (vojnstven)
Dutch: strijdlustig (nl)
Finnish: riidanhaluinen
French: belliqueux (fr)
German: kriegerisch (de)

Icelandic: herskár m, bardagafús m
Italian: combattivo (it), battagliero (it)
Japanese: 喧嘩っ早い (kenkappayai), 武闘派な (ja) (butōha na)
Maori: kaitaua
Russian: вои́нственный (ru) (voínstvennyj)

Italian

Adjective

bellicose f pl

feminine plural of bellicoso

Latin

Adjective

bellicōse

vocative masculine singular of bellicōsus

References

bellicose in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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