bellicosity

English

Etymology

bellicose +‎ -osity

Pronunciation

(non-merged vowel) IPA^(key): /ˌbɛlɪˈkɒsɪti/
(merged vowel) IPA^(key): /ˌbɛlɪˈkɒsəti/

Noun

bellicosity (countable and uncountable, plural bellicosities)

The characteristic of being bellicose.
- 29 February 2012, Aidan Foster-Carter, BBC News North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumes
  The timing is intriguing too. Before this news North Korea was all bellicosity and bluster.

Synonyms

martiality

Translations

characteristic of being bellicose

Catalan: bel·licositat f
Finnish: sotaisuus (fi)
Galician: belicosidade (gl) f

Icelandic: stríðsgirni f, stríðsfíkn f, deilugirni f, óeirðarsemi f
Russian: вои́нственность (ru) f (voínstvennostʹ)
Spanish: belicosidad f

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