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bellic

bellic adjective: warlike; bellicose.

Adjective

bellic (comparative more bellic, superlative most bellic)

  1. (obsolete) warlike; bellicose
    • The bellic Cesar, as Suetonius tells us, was noted for singularity in his Apparel, and did not content himself without adding something to his Senators Purple Robe.1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political

Forms of bellic

comparativemore bellic
superlativemost bellic
alternative formbellical

Origin of bellic

Borrowed from French bellique, itself from Latin bellicus.

Words formed from bellic

Questions about bellic

What does bellic mean?
Bellic means warlike; bellicose.
What part of speech is bellic?
Bellic is an adjective.

Words near bellic in the dictionary

  1. Belli
  2. Belliard
  3. Belliards
  4. bellibone
  5. bellibones
  6. bellic
  7. bellicism
  8. bellicist
  9. bellicistic
  10. bellicists
  11. bellicose

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