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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