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pugnacious

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin, from a derivative of pugn?x, from pugn? (I fight), from pugnus (fist).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /p???ne?.??s/
  • Rhymes: -e???s

Adjective

pugnacious (comparative more pugnacious, superlative most pugnacious)

  1. Naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent; bellicose.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:combative

Related terms

  • impugn
  • poniard
  • pugilism
  • pugnacity
  • repugn (repugnant)

Translations

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rabid

English

Etymology

From the Latin rabidus, from rabi? (to rave).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??æb?d/, /??e?b?d/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /??æb?d/
  • Rhymes: -æb?d

Adjective

rabid (comparative rabider, superlative rabidest)

  1. Affected with rabies.
  2. Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.
  3. Furious; raging; extremely violent.
  4. Very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous.

Quotations

Translations

Noun

rabid (plural rabids)

  1. A human or animal infected with rabies.
  2. Someone who is fanatical in opinion.

Anagrams

  • Baird, bidar, braid

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