Etymology

pugnacity

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Today it means: The act or characteristic of being aggressive or combative. Full definition →

Latin pugnacitas
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  1. Latin · derived frompugnacitas
  2. English todaypugnacity

From Latin pugnacitas (whence -acity).

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