Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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PROPUGNACIOUS, adj. Quarrelsome, testy, easily roused to anger, of hasty temper, extremely pugnacious. Only in Galt.Ayr. 1822 Galt Provost xxviii.:
There were certain propugnacious spirits in the volunteers' committee; and they urged and persuaded the others.Ayr. 1823 Galt R. Gilhaize II. xxxii.:
The mistress was of so propugnacious a temper, that the poor man saw no better for't than to yield obedience.
