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pugilism|ˈpjuːdʒɪlɪz(ə)m|
[f. L. pugil boxer, pugil2 + -ism.]
The art or practice of fighting with fists; boxing. Also fig.
1791Hampson Mem. J. Wesley III. 48 Pugilism and cock-fighting, and the rest. 1812(title) Pancratia, or a History of Pugilism. 1877Talmage Serm. 255 Men have made it the ring in which to display their ecclesiastical pugilism. 1882Masson in Macm. Mag. XLV. 250 Feats of strength, pedestrianism, and pugilism. 1890Spectator 9 Aug., We do not find him hastening from the dinner-table to the diary, to enter up his last achievement in conversational pugilism. He leaves that to a Boswell. |