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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pugnacious /pʌgˈneɪʃəs/

▶adjective eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight.

– derivatives
pugnaciously adverb,
pugnacity noun.

– origin C17: from L. pugnax, pugnac- (from pugnare ‘to fight’) + -ious.

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