Word of the Day: BELLICOSE
Combative or quarrelsome
bellicose (adj) - warlike, aggressive, and ready to fight [bel-i-kohs]
BREAKDOWN: BELL- (war) + -IC (characteristic of) + -OSE (full of)
bellicosity describes a hostile attitude and an eagerness to quarrel or go to war
See also: belligerence
“If you had never seen war up close, it was an easy thing to be brave and bellicose about it. But if you had, it was hard not to despair. What men could wantonly do to each other, in the name of nation or faith or ideology, was unthinkable.” —Robert Masello
