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Pugilistic

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    In the manner of a pugilist.

    "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."

  2. 2
    Fighting with the fists.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to pugilism or pugilists wordnet

Etymology

From pugilist + -ic, alternatively pugil + -istic.

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