The quality of being contentious; disposition to contention; quarrelsomeness.

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

Quarrelsomeness. Now rare (in later use with allusion to Shakespeare).

The quality or condition of being quarrelsome; argumentative disposition.

= pugnacity, n.

Esp. with reference to a woman: the quality or state of being bad-tempered or overbearing; violence of temper or disposition.

Combative quality, readiness or propensity to fight, pugnacity. (Introduced as a Phrenological term.)

Belligerent or quarrelsome behaviour. Cf. fire-eater, n. 2. Obsolete.

The quality or character of being combative.