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- Ancient Greek · derived fromφιλοπόλεμος
- English todayphilopolemical
From philo- + polemical, modelled after Ancient Greek φιλοπόλεμος (philopólemos); see further at philopolemic. By surface analysis, philo- + polem- + -ic + -al.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekφιλοπόλεμος all →
First known use, by meaning
- from early 19th c. Synonym of philopolemic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.