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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: bellicosus, from bellum 'war'

bellicose

 adjective
     
bel‧li‧cose formal
behaving in a way that is likely to start an argument or fight [= aggressive]:
bellicose criticism
—bellicosity noun [uncountable]
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