Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bellic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables: bel-lic
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

warlike; bellicose

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The bellic Cesar, as Suetonius tells us, was noted for singularity in his Apparel, and did not content himself without adding something to his Senators Purple Robe."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Archaic Latin duenos Old Latin *duenelos? Old Latin duellum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Old Latin -icus Old Latin duellicus Latin bellicus French belliquebor. English bellic Borrowed from French bellique, itself from Latin bellicus.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: bellicus

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more bellic (comparative) most bellic (superlative) bellical (alternative)

Derived Forms

interbellic

Questions

What does bellic mean?: warlike; bellicose
Where does bellic come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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