Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pugnacity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pugnacity \Pug*nac"i*ty\, n. [L. pugnacitas: cf. F.
pugnacit['e].]
Inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness. `` A
national pugnacity of character.'' --Motley.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pugnacity
n : a disposition to fight [syn: {aggressiveness}, {contentiousness},
{belligerence}, {quarrelsomeness}]
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