pugnacious

• 好戦的な、戦争好きな

ラテン語のpugnus「拳」、pungere「突き刺す」「殴る」が語源。

pugnacious

pugnacious: [17] Latin pugnus meant ‘fist’ (it may have been related to Greek pugmé ‘fist’, source of English pygmy). From it was derived the verb pugnāre ‘hit with the fist’, hence ‘fight’, which has given English impugn [14], repugnant [14], and, via the further derivative pugnāx ‘fond of fighting’, pugnacious.
=> impugn, repugnant

pugnacious (adj.)

1640s, a back-formation from pugnacity or else from Latin pugnacis, genitive of pugnax "combative, fond of fighting," from pugnare "to fight," especially with the fists, "contend against," from pugnus "a fist," from PIE *pung-, nasalized form of root *peuk-, *peug- "to stick, stab, to prick" (cognates: Greek pyx "with clenched fist," pygme "fist, boxing," pyktes "boxer;" Latin pungere "to pierce, prick").

1. The President was in a pugnacious mood when he spoke to journalists about the rebellion.

大統領と記者が反乱について話すと、感情が高ぶった。

2.Laziness makes people irascible，and Xiangzi now grew pugnacious .

怠け者で、人を怒らせることができる。祥子は今、人に目を向ける方法を知っている。

3.He is a pugnacious fighter.

彼は好戦的な戦士だ。

4.My normally easygoing personality turned pugnacious .

私のいつもの気性が荒くなった.

5.As a child he was pugnacious and fought with everyone.

子供として戦い、みんなと戦った。