| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| pugilism |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pu·gi·lism |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  py  j -l z m |
| NOUN: | The skill, practice, and sport of fighting with the fists; boxing. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Latin pugil, pugilist. See peuk- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | pugi·list —NOUN
pugi·listic —ADJECTIVE
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