aggressiveness, belligerence, pugnacity
(noun) a natural disposition to be hostile
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pugnacity (usually uncountable, plural pugnacities)
The act or characteristic of being aggressive or combative.
• pugnaciousness
Source: Wiktionary
Pug*nac"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. pugnacitas: cf. F. pugnacité.]
Definition: Inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness. " A national pugnacity of character." Motley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 January 2025
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
