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combatative

adj

Etymology

From combat + -ative. First attested in 1835.

  1. derived from com-
  2. derived from *combattere✻
  3. derived from combatre
  4. borrowed from combat
  5. formed as combatative — “combat + -ative”

Definitions

  1. Uncommon form of combative.

    • He frequented mostly the society of women; because he thought them more richly endowed by nature with pity and modesty, two pacific qualities which, he said, alone temper the combatative propensities of human beings.
    • Some are loquacious; some are argumentative and religious; some are lascivious; some are excessively foolish; some are brutal, beastly, ugly, quarrelsome, wicked, combatative, murderous. Others are simply stupid.
    • As this caterpillar is very readily dislodged, jarring the tree and killing the insect on the ground is a convenient combatative measure.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA