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pugnacious |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pugnacious \Pug*na"cious\, a. [L. pugnax -acis, fr pugnare to fight. Cf {Pugilism}, {Fist}.] Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting. --{Pug*na"cious*ly}, adv -- {Pug*na"cious*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pugnacious adj 1: tough and callous by virtue of experience [syn: {hard-bitten}, {hard-boiled}] 2: ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men" [syn: {rough}]
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