Martial

Proper noun

 * 1)  narrowly applied to certain historic persons (but some of its foreign cognates are modern given names).
 * ''Saint Martial was the first bishop of Limoges circa 250
 * 1) Anglicized cognomen or given name of the Roman poet Marcus Valerius Martialis, born in Spain in the first century AD and noted for his epigrams.

Related terms

 * Marcus and many descendants, e.g. Mark
 * Martinus and many descendants, e.g. Martin
 * martial arts
 * martial law

Adverbs for Martial
splendidly; brilliantly; gorgeously; portentously; ominously; dominantly; belligerently; contentiously; predominantly; magnificently; noisily; grimly; subtly; ostentatiously; deliberately; offensively; fearfully; daringly.

Thesaurus
aggressive, antagonistic, battling, bellicose, belligerent, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, brave, chauvinist, chauvinistic, combative, contentious, courageous, enemy, ferocious, fierce, fighting, full of fight, hawkish, high-spirited, hostile, inimical, jingo, jingoish, jingoist, jingoistic, mettlesome, militant, militaristic, military, offensive, pugnacious, quarrelsome, saber-rattling, sanguinary, sanguineous, savage, scrappy, soldierlike, soldierly, spirited, stalwart, staunch, trigger-happy, truculent, unfriendly, unpacific, unpeaceable, unpeaceful, valiant, valorous, warlike, warmongering, warring

Etymology
Martialis:, a Roman cognomen, from martialis "belonging/dedicated to Mars (or to war)", itself from the name of the Roman god of war Mars + -ialis.

Translations

 * Dutch: Martialis, Martial
 * French:
 * Italian:


 * Latin: Martialis
 * Spanish:


 * Danish:
 * Dutch: Martialis
 * German:


 * Hungarian: Martialis
 * Russian: Марциал


 * : Marcial


 * : Marcial

Anagrams

 * marital

Proper noun

 * , in continuous use (though not particularly popular).

Etymology
Martialis:. Name of a third century saint.