bellicose

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin *duenelos? Old Latin duellum Latin bellum Latin -icus Latin bellicusder. Latin bellicum signumclip.? Latin bellicum Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos Latin -ōsus Latin bellicosusder. Middle English bellicose English bellicose From Middle English bellicose, from Latin bellicosus.

1. Warlike or combative in nature; aggressively hostile.

   “You don't have to be so bellicose, and we can work out a peaceful solution.”

   “CHINA sent both bellicose and conciliatory signals yesterday as tension continued in the Taiwan Strait over Chinese military exercises and the deployment of US naval battle groups.”