pugnacityn.

Brit.

/pʌɡˈnasᵻti/, U.S.

/pəɡˈnæsədi/

Forms: 1600s pugnacitie, 1600s– pugnacity.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pugnācitās.

Etymology: < classical Latin pugnācitās habitual readiness to fight, contentiousness < pugnāci- , pugnāx combative (see pugnacious adj.) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix).

The condition or character of being pugnacious; tendency or inclination to fight; belligerence, aggressiveness, quarrelsomeness.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > quarrelsomeness

contentiousness1573

pugnacity1605

quarrel1605

quarrelsomenessa1631

pugnaciousness1681

termagancy1708

combativeness1815

fire-eating1890

combativity1905

society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > tendency or inclination to fight

pugnacity1605

pugnaciousness1681

fight1812

combativeness1815

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ii1^v I like better that entrie of truth which commeth peaceably..then that which commeth with pugnacitie and contention.

1654 T. Blount Acad. Eloquence 203 Not at all presuming to enter the Cirque with you in Logomachy or the pugnacity of such disputes.

1779 A. MacBean Dict. Bible at Quails Birds much resembling a partridge in their salacity, food, flight, brooding and pugnacity.

1792 Farrago II. 329 They have always endeavoured to prevent the natural and innate inclination to pugnacity in male children.

1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. ii. 320 The turbulence and pugnacity of the heroic age.

1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope v. 133 Bentley had provoked enemies by his intense pugnacity.

1914 M. Sinclair Three Sisters xii. 35 He was a man of stubborn pugnacity and he fought his pneumonia.

1993 Irish Times (Nexis) 7 Jan. 9 A natural pugnacity reinforced by the fact that the war had become ideological in content.

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

单词	pugnacity
释义	pugnacityn. Brit. /pʌɡˈnasᵻti/, U.S. /pəɡˈnæsədi/ Forms: 1600s pugnacitie, 1600s– pugnacity. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pugnācitās. Etymology: < classical Latin pugnācitās habitual readiness to fight, contentiousness < pugnāci- , pugnāx combative (see pugnacious adj.) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). The condition or character of being pugnacious; tendency or inclination to fight; belligerence, aggressiveness, quarrelsomeness. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > quarrelsomeness contentiousness1573 pugnacity1605 quarrel1605 quarrelsomenessa1631 pugnaciousness1681 termagancy1708 combativeness1815 fire-eating1890 combativity1905 society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > tendency or inclination to fight pugnacity1605 pugnaciousness1681 fight1812 combativeness1815 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ii1^v I like better that entrie of truth which commeth peaceably..then that which commeth with pugnacitie and contention. View more context for this quotation 1654 T. Blount Acad. Eloquence 203 Not at all presuming to enter the Cirque with you in Logomachy or the pugnacity of such disputes. 1779 A. MacBean Dict. Bible at Quails Birds much resembling a partridge in their salacity, food, flight, brooding and pugnacity. 1792 Farrago II. 329 They have always endeavoured to prevent the natural and innate inclination to pugnacity in male children. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. ii. 320 The turbulence and pugnacity of the heroic age. 1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope v. 133 Bentley had provoked enemies by his intense pugnacity. 1914 M. Sinclair Three Sisters xii. 35 He was a man of stubborn pugnacity and he fought his pneumonia. 1993 Irish Times (Nexis) 7 Jan. 9 A natural pugnacity reinforced by the fact that the war had become ideological in content. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1605
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