battailous
battailous adjective: warlike, battle-ready.
Adjective
battailous (comparative more battailous, superlative most battailous)
- Warlike, battle-ready.
- He started vp, and did him selfe prepaire, / In sun-bright armes, and battailous array: / For with that Pagan proud he combat will that day.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- Lie! — but begone all ceremonious points
Of honour battailous. I could not turn
My wrath against thee for the orbed world.1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, act IV, scene II, verses 90-91
Forms of battailous
| comparative | more battailous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most battailous |
Origin of battailous
From Middle English bataylous, from Old French bataillos, from bataille (“battle”); equivalent to battle + -ous.
Questions about battailous
- What does battailous mean?
- Battailous means warlike, battle-ready.
- What part of speech is battailous?
- Battailous is an adjective.
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