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pugilism
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Word definitions for pugilism in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. fighting with the fists [syn: boxing , fisticuffs ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pugilism is another word for boxing, a sport. Pugilism may refer also to: bare-knuckle boxing Ancient Greek boxing Russian fist fighting
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. fighting with fists, boxing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pugilism \Pu"gil*ism\, n. [L. pugil a pugilist, boxer, akin to pugnus the fist. Cf. Pugnacious , Fist .] The practice of boxing, or fighting with the fist.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1789, from Latin pugil "boxer, fist-fighter," related to pugnus "fist" (see pugnacious ) + -ism . Pugilation "fighting with fists," now obsolete, is recorded from 1650s.
Usage examples of pugilism.
Latimer, who appeared better suited to a profession in pugilism or another violent enterprise, had asked Benedict to wait in the study.
I am a Giant, I am a Titan, I am a Hercules of Liberty, I am Prometheus, I am the Jess Willard of the New Cerebral Pugilism, I am the Modern Cave Man, I am the Comrade of the Cosmic Urge, I have kicked off the Boots of Superstition, and I run wild along the Milky Way without ingrowing toenails, I am I!
Glory days on the football pitch, playground misdemeanours, resultant beltings from teachers, pubescent sexual innnuendo and juvenile pugilism.
The rite of the low-budget shot-in-Europe spy series, the rite of pugilism, the rite of the dog walk after dinner and the beer at the bar with cocelebrant worshippers at the high altar of Nothing.