01 a. Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural.
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Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural.“As a scholar, he [Dr. Parr] was brilliant, but he consumed his power in agonistic displays.” — De Quincey.