bellicose

English

WOTD - 10 March 2006    

Etymology

Middle English, from Latin bellicosus

Adjective

bellicose (comparative more bellicose, superlative most bellicose)

1. Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile.
2. Showing or having the impulse to be combative.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:combative

Derived terms

• bellicosity

Translations

warlike in nature

Bulgarian: войнствен (bg) Dutch: vechtlustig (nl) Finnish: sotaisa (fi) French: béliqueux

German: kriegerisch (de) Icelandic: herskár (is) m., deilugjarn (is) m., bardagafús (is) m., óeirinn (is) m., errinn (is) m. Russian: воинственный (ru) (voínstvennyj)

having the impulse to be combative

Bulgarian: войнствен (bg) Dutch: strijdlustig (nl) Finnish: riidanhaluinen (fi) French: béliqueux

German: kriegerisch Icelandic: herskár (is) m., bardagafús (is) m. Russian: воинственный (ru) (voínstvennyj)

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Italian

Adjective

bellicose f.

1. Feminine plural form of bellicoso

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Latin

Adjective

bellicōse

1. vocative masculine singular of bellicōsus