Definition: bellicose

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

bellicose
     adj : having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose
           young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious
           nature" [syn: battleful, combative, contentious]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Bellicose \Bel"li*cose`\, a. [L. bellicosus, fr. bellicus of
   war, fr. bellum war. See Duel.]
   Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious.

         Arnold was, in fact, in a bellicose vein. --W. Irving.