Bellicostic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Bellicostic is an adjective meaning (rare) Aggressive, belligerent, warlike.
Meaning
(rare) Aggressive, belligerent, warlike.
Example Sentences
[…] where the range of women's voices move from the celebratory to the bellicostic.
Religious papers in those days were much more bellicostic than today, and no spirit of irenic ecumenism prevailed.
The first of our overseas, modern imperial wars may long be gone from our thoughts, but abiding questions remain — the role of bellicostic politicians and news media, the reluctant chief executive, the imperialist devotees of Alfred Thayer Mahan in uniform and mufti both, and just why it could not have been avoided.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bellicose, belligerent, warring, martial, beylical, agonistic.
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