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English
Etymology
From pugilist + -ic, alternatively pugil + -istic.
Pronunciation
Adjective
pugilistic (comparative more pugilistic, superlative most pugilistic)
- In the manner of a pugilist.
1898, H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, Penguin Books, published 1962, page 101:It was no time for pugilistic chivalry, and my brother laid him quiet with a kick, and gripped the collar of the man who pulled at the slender lady's arm.
2016 February 7, Michael Barbaro, “Once Impervious, Marco Rubio Is Diminished by a Caustic Chris Christie”, in The New York Times:Mr. Christie, who as a presidential candidate has frequently suppressed his most pugilistic instincts, cast off any restraint and did what he does best: slice and slash.
- Fighting with the fists.
Derived terms
Translations
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French pugilistique.
Adjective
pugilistic m or n (feminine singular pugilistică, masculine plural pugilistici, feminine and neuter plural pugilistice)
- pugilistic
Declension