bellicose

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English bellicose, from Latin bellicosus. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɛlɪkoʊs/, /ˈbɛləkoʊs/ Hyphenation: bel‧li‧cose === Adjective === bellicose (comparative more bellicose, superlative most bellicose) Warlike or combative in nature; aggressively hostile. ==== Synonyms ==== belligerent pugnacious See also Thesaurus:combative ==== Antonyms ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== trigger-happy warmonger ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bel.liˈko.ze/, (traditional) /bel.liˈko.se/ Rhymes: -oze, (traditional) -ose Hyphenation: bel‧li‧có‧se === Adjective === bellicose feminine plural of bellicoso == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɛl.lɪˈkoː.sɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [bel.liˈkɔː.s̬e] === Adjective === bellicōse vocative masculine singular of bellicōsus === References === "bellicose", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)