battailousadj.
/ˈbatɪləs/ archaic.
Fond of fighting, ready for battle; warlike, bellicose, pugnacious.
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battailousc1380
battaillerousc1480
light-fingered1557
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stavinga1625
pugnacious1642
milling1811
fighty1888
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. (1871) III. 165 Bothe mon and beestis ben pure batelouse.
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 118 Mighty Mars the batailous.
1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton E vi. b The hors is a beest fyghtyng and batayllous.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. sig. D7v In sunbright armes, and battailous array.
1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 44 With battelous axe in fist.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 81 A fierie Region, stretcht In battailous aspect. View more context for this quotation
1766 J. Beattie tr. J. Addison Battle Pygmies & Cranes in Poems Several Subj. 161 In battailous array display'd.
1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 241 The silent thunders of their battailous armaments.
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