PUGNACIOUS

pugnacious. Pugnacious, a. fighting, prone to resist

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Pug‐na″cious (?), a. [[L. pugnax, -acis, fr. pugnare to fight. Cf. Pugilism, Fist.]] Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting. —Pug‐na″cious‐ly, adv. — Pug‐na″cious‐ness, n.