Meaning pugnacious
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pugnacious


(adj.) quarrelsome, combative (Aaron’s pugnacious nature led him to start several barroom brawls each month.)
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1640s, a back-formation from pugnacity or else from Latin pugnacis, genitive of pugnax "combative, fond of fighting," from pugnare "to fight," especially with the fists, "cont [..]
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pugnacious


adj. Quarrelsome.
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pugnacious


(adj) tough and callous by virtue of experience(adj) ready and able to resort to force or violence
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