bellicose

Etymology

From Middle English bellicose, from Latin bellicosus.

adj

1. Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile.
   CHINA sent both bellicose and conciliatory signals yesterday as tension continued in the Taiwan Strait over Chinese military exercises and the deployment of US naval battle groups. March 15, 1996, James Pringle, “Peking sends out mixed signals”, in The Times, number 65,528, →ISSN, →OCLC, Overseas News, page 14, column 8
   The core Ice Age cast—wooly mammoth Manny (Ray Romano), sabertooth tiger Diego (Denis Leary), and sloth Sid (John Leguizamo)—are set adrift, sailing the high seas on a chunk of ice until they collide with a bellicose primate (Peter Dinklage). 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, “Ice Age: Continental Drift”, in AV Club
2. Showing or having the impulse to be combative.