pugnacious

/pəɡˈnæʃɪs/puhg-NA-shis

/pəɡˈnæʃɪs/puhg-NA-shis

Meaningfond of fighting

Common meaning: eager to quarrel

pugnto fight; a fistLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1488 · scan
aciousadjective ending: inclined to, given to

Journey through time

Latinpugnō; pugnus‘to fight’
Englishpugnacious‘eager to quarrel’ · today

pugn also in: impugn repugnant

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin pugnō; pugnus ‘to fight; a fist’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pugnō, p. 1488 · dictionary scan

Roots

pugnō; pugnus Latin “to fight; a fist”

Related words

impugn repugnant

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