adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A large man in every way, he was tall and big-bellied; bellicose when fondest, hearty when not.
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It is on the underside of this plate that the bellicose termite constructs its most spectacular architectural invention.
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So when the shivering fit is over I write my bellicose article and no one would guess that I ever hesitated.
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The bellicose termite belongs to a group that uses a different digestive method.
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The emergence of bellicose private security forces enforcing order at these parties is an allied worry.
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They are not practical instruments of warfare, though they genuinely reflect the factious bellicose tendencies of their builders.
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They were belligerent, they were bellicose , they were snotty, they were downright rude.