Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bellicostic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bel-li-cos-tic
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Aggressive, belligerent, warlike.

Example Sentences

"Religious papers in those days were much more bellicostic than today, and no spirit of irenic ecumenism prevailed."
"The first of our overseas, modern imperial wars may long be gone from our thoughts, but abiding questions remain — the role of bellicostic politicians and news media, the reluctant chief executive, the imperialist devotees of Alfred Thayer Mahan in uniform and mufti both, and just why it could not have been avoided."
"[…] where the range of women's voices move from the celebratory to the bellicostic."

Inflected Forms

more bellicostic (comparative) most bellicostic (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

bellicose

Questions

What does bellicostic mean?: Aggressive, belligerent, warlike.

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