Bel″li‐cose′ (�), a. [L. bellicosus, fr. bellicus of war, fr. bellum war. See Duel.] Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious.
Arnold was, in fact, in a bellicose vein.
W. Irving.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.