bellicosity

bellicosity

English

Etymology

bellicose +‎ -osity

Pronunciation

• (non-merged vowel) IPA^(key): /ˌbɛlɪˈkɒsɪti/
• (merged vowel) IPA^(key): /ˌbɛlɪˈkɒsəti/

Noun

bellicosity (countable and uncountable, plural bellicosities)

1. The characteristic of being bellicose.
   • 29 February 2012, Aidan Foster-Carter, BBC News North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumes

     The timing is intriguing too. Before this news North Korea was all bellicosity and bluster.

Synonyms

• martiality

Translations

characteristic of being bellicose

Catalan: bel·licositat f Finnish: sotaisuus (fi) Galician: belicosidade (gl) f

Icelandic: stríðsgirni f, stríðsfíkn f, deilugirni f, óeirðarsemi f Russian: вои́нственность (ru) f (voínstvennostʹ) Spanish: belicosidad f