Meaning of PUGNACIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | pug'neyshus
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- [adj] ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men"
- [adj] tough and callous by virtue of experience
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| | Synonyms: | | aggressive, hard-bitten, hard-boiled, rough, tough |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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