pugnaciousadj.

Brit.

/pʌɡˈneɪʃəs/, U.S.

/pəɡˈneɪʃəs/

Forms: 1600s– pugnacious, 1700s pugnatious.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pugnāci- , pugnāx , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin pugnāci-, pugnāx combative ( < pugnāre to fight ( < pugnus fist < the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek πύξ with the fist (see pygmy n.) + classical Latin -nus , suffix forming nouns) + -āx : see -acious suffix) + -ous suffix; compare -acious suffix. Compare earlier pugnacity n.

Eager or quick to quarrel or fight; given to fighting or arguing; belligerent, contentious.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adjective] > quarrelsome

sakfulc1000

strifefula1382

litigiousc1384

barratous1430

tuilyier-like1444

mellyvousc1450

toilousc1450

debatous1483

debatefula1492

sturtinga1500

squaringc1530

striving1530

contentious1533

factious1533

quarrellous?1567

quarrelsome1576

bateful1582

mutinous1589

discordful1596

tuilyiesomec1598

brabbling1603

bangling1615

brangling1621

rixosous1623

pugnacious1642

stickling1642

pugnatory1656

litigiose1677

vitilitigious1683

fire-eating1811

wranglesome1817

vitilitigating1819

combativea1834

brawlsome1845

battlesome1877

fighty1888

scrappy1895

tasty1974

society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [adjective] > fond of fighting

battailousc1380

battaillerousc1480

light-fingered1557

rixosous1623

stavinga1625

pugnacious1642

milling1811

fighty1888

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. P3^v Plato affirms Idees; But Aristotle with his pugnacious race As idle figments stifly them denies.

1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. i. 3 They were the most pugnacious and insupportable of Mankind.

1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature vii. 146 Some men are naturally..thievish, pugnacious, rabid.

1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) I. ii. 388 [The whitethroat] a shy and wild bird..; seems of a pugnatious disposition.

1832 Fraser's Mag. 5 696 That most pugnacious..of universities.

1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) i. 10 These pugnacious Florentines, whose personal feuds and hatreds..were infinitely more real and vivid.

1939 R. G. Collingwood Autobiogr. iii. 19 He was a fiery, pugnacious little man with a passion for controversy.

1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems Freshwater Trop. Aquarium Fishes 276 Members of this genus are pugnacious by nature, incorrigible fin-nippers, and not particularly attractive in appearance.

2001 J. Aykroyd in ‘R. Crompton’ Family Roundabout p. v Richmal Crompton..is famously the creatrix of William: scruffy, pugnacious anti-hero of 345 stories for children.

Derivatives

pugˈnaciously adv. in a pugnacious way or manner.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [adverb]

fightingly1632

pugnaciously1836

society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adverb] > quarrelsomely

contentiously1548

brabblingly1564

quarrellously1580

litigiously1608

fightingly1632

quarrelsomely1648

pugnaciously1836

combatively1863

1836 Times 3 June 6/7 Those who are pugnaciously disposed, may be entertained with a gipsey fight.

1871 E. P. Whipple Success & its Conditions 69 A politician weakly and amiably in the right is no match for [one] tenaciously and pugnaciously in the wrong.

1986 New Yorker 7 July 64/3 It is also split over how pugnaciously to talk about its goal in Nicaragua and to go after opponents of its policy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pugnacious
释义	pugnaciousadj. Brit. /pʌɡˈneɪʃəs/, U.S. /pəɡˈneɪʃəs/ Forms: 1600s– pugnacious, 1700s pugnatious. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pugnāci- , pugnāx , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin pugnāci-, pugnāx combative ( < pugnāre to fight ( < pugnus fist < the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek πύξ with the fist (see pygmy n.) + classical Latin -nus , suffix forming nouns) + -āx : see -acious suffix) + -ous suffix; compare -acious suffix. Compare earlier pugnacity n. Eager or quick to quarrel or fight; given to fighting or arguing; belligerent, contentious. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adjective] > quarrelsome sakfulc1000 strifefula1382 litigiousc1384 barratous1430 tuilyier-like1444 mellyvousc1450 toilousc1450 debatous1483 debatefula1492 sturtinga1500 squaringc1530 striving1530 contentious1533 factious1533 quarrellous?1567 quarrelsome1576 bateful1582 mutinous1589 discordful1596 tuilyiesomec1598 brabbling1603 bangling1615 brangling1621 rixosous1623 pugnacious1642 stickling1642 pugnatory1656 litigiose1677 vitilitigious1683 fire-eating1811 wranglesome1817 vitilitigating1819 combativea1834 brawlsome1845 battlesome1877 fighty1888 scrappy1895 tasty1974 society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [adjective] > fond of fighting battailousc1380 battaillerousc1480 light-fingered1557 rixosous1623 stavinga1625 pugnacious1642 milling1811 fighty1888 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. P3^v Plato affirms Idees; But Aristotle with his pugnacious race As idle figments stifly them denies. 1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. i. 3 They were the most pugnacious and insupportable of Mankind. 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature vii. 146 Some men are naturally..thievish, pugnacious, rabid. 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) I. ii. 388 [The whitethroat] a shy and wild bird..; seems of a pugnatious disposition. 1832 Fraser's Mag. 5 696 That most pugnacious..of universities. 1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) i. 10 These pugnacious Florentines, whose personal feuds and hatreds..were infinitely more real and vivid. 1939 R. G. Collingwood Autobiogr. iii. 19 He was a fiery, pugnacious little man with a passion for controversy. 1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems Freshwater Trop. Aquarium Fishes 276 Members of this genus are pugnacious by nature, incorrigible fin-nippers, and not particularly attractive in appearance. 2001 J. Aykroyd in ‘R. Crompton’ Family Roundabout p. v Richmal Crompton..is famously the creatrix of William: scruffy, pugnacious anti-hero of 345 stories for children. Derivatives pugˈnaciously adv. in a pugnacious way or manner. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [adverb] fightingly1632 pugnaciously1836 society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adverb] > quarrelsomely contentiously1548 brabblingly1564 quarrellously1580 litigiously1608 fightingly1632 quarrelsomely1648 pugnaciously1836 combatively1863 1836 Times 3 June 6/7 Those who are pugnaciously disposed, may be entertained with a gipsey fight. 1871 E. P. Whipple Success & its Conditions 69 A politician weakly and amiably in the right is no match for [one] tenaciously and pugnaciously in the wrong. 1986 New Yorker 7 July 64/3 It is also split over how pugnaciously to talk about its goal in Nicaragua and to go after opponents of its policy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1642
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