unbellicose

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adjective

Not bellicose; unwarlike.

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Meanings

adjectiveunbellicose (comparative more unbellicose, superlative most unbellicose)

comparative more unbellicose · superlative most unbellicose

  1. Not bellicose; unwarlike.

    Small wonder that history has become such a hotly contested battleground, or that otherwise unbellicose professors are so often pressed into front-line service in the culture wars.

    2009 July 19, David M. Kennedy, “What History Is Good For”, in New York Times

Origin

From un- + bellicose.

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APA

unbellicose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbellicose

MLA

“unbellicose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbellicose. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbellicose,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbellicose.

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