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Latin
Etymology
From rixa + -ōsus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
rixōsus (feminine rixōsa, neuter rixōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- quarrelsome, pugnacious
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “rixosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rixosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- rixosus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016