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The act or characteristic of being aggressive or combative.See Also: pugnacious, pugnaciously
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Pugnacity — Pug*nac i*ty, n. [L. pugnacitas: cf. F. pugnacit[ e].] Inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness. A national pugnacity of character. Motley. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pugnacity — index belligerency Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
pugnacity — [[t]pʌgnæ̱sɪti[/t]] N UNCOUNT Pugnacity is the quality of being pugnacious. [FORMAL] He is legendary for his fearlessness and pugnacity … English dictionary
pugnacity — pugnacious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight. DERIVATIVES pugnacity noun. ORIGIN from Latin pugnare to fight … English terms dictionary
pugnacity — noun see pugnacious … New Collegiate Dictionary
pugnacity — See pugnaciously. * * * … Universalium
pugnacity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature: bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, mili tance, militancy, pugnaciousness, truculence, truculency. See ATTACK. 2 … English dictionary for students
pugnacity — pug nac·i·ty || pÊŒg næsÉ™tɪ n. state of being quarrelsome, combativeness, belligerence … English contemporary dictionary
pugnacity — n. Quarrelsomeness … New dictionary of synonyms
pugnacity — pug·nac·i·ty … English syllables
