dictionary meaning of pugnacious
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- Learner's definition of PUGNACIOUS. [more pugnacious; most pugnacious] formal. : showing a readiness or desire to fight or argue. There's one pugnacious member on the committee who won't agree to anything. [+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples.
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- unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child. 2. prematurely developed, as the mind, faculties, etc. 3. of or relating to premature development. 4. Botany.
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- promulgating. 1  transitive verb. 2  1 : to make (as a doctrine) known by open declaration : proclaim. 3  2a : to make known or public the terms of (a proposed law)b : to put (a law) into action or force.
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precocious puberty precocious puberty. abnormally early development of sexual maturity. It is usually marked by early breast development and ovulation in girls before 8 years of age and the production of mature sperm in boys before 10 years of age.
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- : showing a readiness or desire to fight or argue. There's one pugnacious member on the committee who won't agree to anything. [+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples.
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Meaning of âpurulentâ in the English Dictionary purulent meaning, definition, what is purulent: containing pus (= thick, yellowish liquid that comes from an infection in the body): . Learn more.
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- Definition of pungent. 1  1 : sharply painful. 2  2 : having a stiff and sharp point pungent leaves. 3  3a : marked by a sharp incisive quality : caustic a pungent critic pungent languageb : being sharp and to the point.  4a : causing a sharp or irritating sensation; especially : acridb : having an intense flavor or odor a pungent chili.
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promiscuousadjective uk ​ /prəˈmɪs.kju.əs/ us ​ /prəˈmɪs.kju.əs/ disapproving. › (of a person) having a lot of different sexual partners or sexual relationships, or (of sexual habits) involving a lot of different partners: I suppose I was quite promiscuous in my youth. It's a fallacy that gay men are more promiscuous than heterosexuals. promiscuously.
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- Definition of dioecious. 1 : having male reproductive organs in one individual and female in another. 2 : having staminate and pistillate flowers borne on different individuals.
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- Pronunciation[edit] Adjective[edit] 1  Naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent; bellicose. 2  1858, Anthony Trollope, Dr Thorne, ch.  Not that the doctor was a bully, or even pugnacious, in the usual sense of the word; he had no disposition to provoke a fight, no propense love of quarrelling. 1  1904, Jack London, The Sea Wolf, ch.  As he made the demand he spat out a mouthful of blood and teeth and shoved his pugnacious face close to Oofty-Oofty.
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birth Cf. tocology. multiparity. the condition or process of producing more than one offspring at one birth. — multiparous, adj. nativity. 1. the time, place, and circumstances of a person’s birth. 2. the configuration of the planets at the time of a person’s birth and a representation, as a chart, of that configuration. nulliparity. the condition in a woman of never having given birth.
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Definitions &Translations Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: pūr′i-ti, n. condition of being pure: freedom from mixture of any kind: freedom from sin or defilement: chastity: sincerity: freedom from foreign or improper idioms or words. The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1.
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promulgate To promulgate is to officially put a law into effect. Your state may announce a plan to promulgate a new traffic law on January 1st. Laws aren't the only things you can promulgate. The word promulgate comes from the Latin word promulgatus, meaning make publicly known.. Someone can promulgate values, belief systems, and philosophies — it just means they're promoted or made public.
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perspicacious perspicacious • Towards the end of the infantile period the child is becoming more perspicacious. • a perspicacious critic • Khrushchev may have been perspicacious enough to imagine the day when his turn would come and he would become Special Pensioner Khrushchev. Origin perspicacious (1600-1700) Latin perspicax, from perspicere; → PERSPECTIVE
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- Definitions: 1  sagacious, keen. 2  severe, vigorous. 3  sharp, bitter, pointed, piercing, shrill.  Age: In use throughout the ages/ 1 unknown. Area: All or none.  Geography: All or 1  none. Frequency: Very frequent, in all Elementry Latin books, top 1000+ 2  words. Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982  (OLD)
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pungent Word Origin & History. pungent 1590s, sharp, poignant (of pain or grief), from L. pungentem (nom. pungens), prp. of pungere to prick, pierce, sting, related to pugnus fist (see pugnacious). Meaning having powerful odor or taste first recorded 1660s.
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mendacious Definition of mendacious. : given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth mendacious tales of his adventures.
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- In the last three decades, I have watched her mature from a pugnacious punkette to a political pop star. Hoskins' career was built on his pugnacious features, but many of his roles allowed him to display vulnerability and tenderness behind the snarls.
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pungent (Biology) biology ending in a sharp point: a pungent leaf. [C16: from Latin pungens piercing, from pungere to prick] ˈpungency n. ˈpungently adv. pun•gent (ˈpʌn dʒənt) adj. 1. sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid. 2. caustic or sharply expressive: pungent remarks. 3. incisive; mordant: pungent wit. 4. acutely distressing; poignant.
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- LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. adjective. The definition of veracious is an unwillingness to tell lies, or someone or something that is true and accurate. If you are asked a question and you know that telling the truth will get you into trouble but you do it anyway, this is an example of veracious.djective. The definition of veracious is an unwillingness to tell lies, or someone or something that is true and accurate. If you are asked a question and you know that telling the truth will get you into trouble but you do it anyway, this is an example of veracious.
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veracious adjective. 1  Honest; truthful: “She was not absolutely veracious; but this defect was of no great consequence, for she had never had anything to conceal” (Henry James).djective. The definition of veracious is an unwillingness to tell lies, or someone or something that is true and accurate. If you are asked a question and you know that telling the truth will get you into trouble but you do it anyway, this is an example of veracious.
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- The definition of mendacious describes a dishonest person or thing. An example of mendacious used as an adjective is a mendacious person, a dishonest person. mendacious. ; from Classical Latin mendax (gen.
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- ve·ra·cious. adj. 1. Honest; truthful: She was not absolutely veracious; but this defect was of no great consequence, for she had never had anything to conceal (Henry James).2. Accurate; true: a veracious account of what happened.e·ra·cious. adj. 1. Honest; truthful: She was not absolutely veracious; but this defect was of no great consequence, for she had never had anything to conceal (Henry James). 2. Accurate; true: a veracious account of what happened.
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- promulgating. 1  transitive verb. 2  1 : to make (something, such as a doctrine) known by open declaration : proclaim. 3  2a : to make known or public the terms of (a proposed law)b : to put (a law) into action or force.
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patency noun. Patency is defined as the state of being open or unobstructed, or showing an infection of parasites. 1  When your arteries are free from obstruction, this is an example of patency. 2  When you have an infection of parasites large enough to be detected, this is an example of patency.