[responsivevoice] bellicosity [/responsivevoice] [ bel-i-kohs ]
The word of the day is ‘bellicosity’.
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Fight
2. A natural disposition to fight.
3. Aggressively hostile
4. Pugnacious
1. It is an irony of history that Serb bellicosity and nationalistic dreams gave rise to the modern Albanian state
2. Thus, pundits are going to be far more likely to endorse the Romney bellicosity than Americans, I think.
3. Wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter.
4. It was one of several bellicose statements by one of its coalition partners
5. He had a bellicose attitude toward trying to break the deadlock on the Western Front
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
aggression, aggressiveness, animosity, antagonism, bellicoseness, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, pugnacity, truculence, truculency, argumentativeness, combativity, pugnaciousness, militancy, warpath, unfriendliness, jingoism etc.
a good relationship, people skills, dovishness, a peace treaty, affection
Quotation:
Back in George W. Bush’s second term, when diplomatic realism began to overtake foolish bellicosity, the president developed one of his patented nicknames for the two most powerful neoconservative journalists, William Kristol and Charles Krauthammer: he called them ‘the Bomber Boys.’
Joe Klein
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