"bellicosity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌbɛlɪˈkɒsɪti/ (note: non-merged vowel), /ˌbɛlɪˈkɒsəti/ (note: merged vowel) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bellicosity.wav [US] Forms: bellicosities [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin bellicosusder. Middle English bellicose English bellicose English -osity English bellicosity From bellicose + -osity. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|bellicose|-osity|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin bellicosusder. Middle English bellicose English bellicose English -osity English bellicosity [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "bellicosus", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "bellicose", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "bellicose", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-osity", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "bellicosity", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="bellicosity"> From bellicose + -osity. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bellicosity (countable and uncountable, plural bellicosities)
  1. The characteristic of being bellicose. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: martiality Translations (characteristic of being bellicose): bel·licositat [feminine] (Catalan), sotaisuus (Finnish), belicosidade [feminine] (Galician), आक्रामकता (ākrāmaktā) [feminine] (Hindi), stríðsgirni [feminine] (Icelandic), stríðsfíkn [feminine] (Icelandic), deilugirni [feminine] (Icelandic), óeirðarsemi [feminine] (Icelandic), вои́нственность (voínstvennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), belicosidad [feminine] (Spanish)

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