battlesome

English

Etymology

battle +‎ -some

Adjective

battlesome (comparative more battlesome, superlative most battlesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by battle(s); quarrelsome
    • 2005, C. J. Sansom, Dark Fire:
      He was an ill/favoured young fellow with the scar of some old fight running down his face; the Thames boatmen were ever a battlesome crew.
    • 2012, Audrey Le Lièvre, Miss Willmott of Warley Place:
      This letter, however, is Ellen Willmott writing in a style in which she felt much more comfortable: downright, partisan, battlesome and uncaring for the feelings of others.
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