pugnacity
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
pugnac(ious) + -ity, from Latin pugnacitas.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pugnacity (usually uncountable, plural pugnacities)
- The act or characteristic of being aggressive or combative.
- 2022, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory, Tor, page 119:
- His sister is out front, cleaning her gun with that intimidating pugnacity that has most of the men in town keeping well clear of her.