pugilistic
English edit
Etymology edit
From pugilist + -ic, alternatively pugil + -istic.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective edit
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[1]:
- 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 edit
Translations edit
Translations
|
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French pugilistique.
Adjective edit
pugilistic m or n (feminine singular pugilistică, masculine plural pugilistici, feminine and neuter plural pugilistice)
Declension edit
Declension of pugilistic
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |