unbellicose

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ bellicose

Adjective[edit]

unbellicose (comparative more unbellicose, superlative most unbellicose)

  1. Not bellicose; unwarlike.
    • 2009 July 19, David M. Kennedy, “What History Is Good For”, in New York Times[1]:
      Small wonder that history has become such a hotly contested battleground, or that otherwise unbellicose professors are so often pressed into front-line service in the culture wars.