pugilistic
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
pugilist + -ic, alternatively pugil + -istic.
AdjectiveEdit
pugilistic (comparative more pugilistic, superlative most pugilistic)
- in the manner of a pugilist
- 1898, H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, 1962 ed., Penguin Books, p. 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.
- 1898, H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, 1962 ed., Penguin Books, p. 101
- fighting with the fists
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RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French pugilistique.
AdjectiveEdit
pugilistic m or n (feminine singular pugilistică, masculine plural pugilistici, feminine and neuter plural pugilistice)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of pugilistic
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | pugilistic | pugilistică | pugilistici | pugilistice | ||
definite | pugilisticul | pugilistica | pugilisticii | pugilisticele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | pugilistic | pugilistice | pugilistici | pugilistice | ||
definite | pugilisticului | pugilisticei | pugilisticilor | pugilisticelor |