— bellicosely , adv. — bellicosity /bel'i kos"i tee/ , bellicoseness , n.
/bel"i kohs'/ , adj.
inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
[ 1400-50; late ME bellicosus, equiv. to bellic ( us ) pertaining to war ( bell ( um ) war + -icus -IC) + -osus -OSE 1 ]