The Only Use of
pugnacious
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- The latter was a small, alert, dark-eyed man about thirty years of age, very sturdily built, with thick black eyebrows and a strong, pugnacious face.
Chpt 4pugnacious = appearing combative (as though ready to fight or argue)
Definition:
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(pugnacious) quick to fight or argue