单词	bellicosity
释义	bellicosebel‧li‧cose /ˈbelɪkəʊs $ -koʊs/ adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINbellicose Origin: 1400-1500 Latin bellicosus, from bellum ‘war’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A large man in every way, he was tall and big-bellied; bellicose when fondest, hearty when not. It is on the underside of this plate that the bellicose termite constructs its most spectacular architectural invention. So when the shivering fit is over I write my bellicose article and no one would guess that I ever hesitated. The bellicose termite belongs to a group that uses a different digestive method. The emergence of bellicose private security forces enforcing order at these parties is an allied worry. They are not practical instruments of warfare, though they genuinely reflect the factious bellicose tendencies of their builders. They were belligerent, they were bellicose, they were snotty, they were downright rude. behaving in a way that is likely to start an argument or fight SYN  aggressive:  bellicose criticism—bellicosity /ˌbelɪˈkɒsəti $ -ˈkɑː-/ noun [uncountable]
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