bellicostic

== English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Adjective === bellicostic (comparative more bellicostic, superlative most bellicostic) (rare) Aggressive, belligerent, warlike. 1981, Choice: Publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a Division of the American Library Association, Volume 19, Issues 1-6, page 438: The first of our overseas, modern imperial wars may long be gone from our thoughts, but abiding questions remain — the role of bellicostic politicians and news media, the reluctant chief executive, the imperialist devotees of Alfred Thayer Mahan in uniform and mufti both, and just why it could not have been avoided. ==== Related terms ==== bellicose