Category:Pugnacious

Pug*na"cious, a. Etym: [l. pugnax, -acis, fr. pugnare to fight. Cf. Pugilism, fist.]

Defn: disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting. --pug*na"cious*ly, adv. -- pug*na"cious*ness, n.