bellicose 
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bel·li·cose (bel′i kōs′)
adjective
Etymology: ME < L bellicosus < bellicus, of war < bellum, war < OL duellum: for IE base see duel
Related Forms:
- bellicosely bel′·li·cose′ly adverb
- bellicosity bel′·li·cos′·ity (bel′i käs′ə tē) noun
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bellicose
modif.
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Modifies a noun
- rhetoric: Or will they sit out the fighting, despite their bellicose rhetoric, out of fear of choosing the wrong side?
Modifying Another Word
- increasingly: How do you reconcile what local people are saying with the increasingly bellicose noises out of America?
Used with adjective complement
- become: They will become more bellicose rather than diplomatic, more self-righteous and dismissive when criticized.
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All successful newspapers are ceaselesslyquerulous and bellicose.
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