pugnacity
nounUK /pʌɡˈnæsəti/
Etymology From Latin pugnacitas (whence -acity).
1
Usually The act or characteristic of being aggressive or combative.
- His sister is out front, cleaning her gun with that intimidating pugnacity that has most of the men in town keeping well clear of her.2022, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory, Tor, page 119:
- Synonyms
- pugnaciousness
- Related terms
- pugnacious, pugnaciously