bellicose

形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ˈbɛlɪkoʊs/|/ˈbɛləkoʊs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Warlike or combative in nature; aggressively hostile.
    — You don't have to be so bellicose, and we can work out a peaceful solution.

词形变化

more bellicose comparative most bellicose superlative

词汇关系

反义词
conciliatory pacific peaceable

词源

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.
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