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Alt. of Agonistical

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  1. a. Alt. of Agonistical
  2. adj. of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece
  3. adj. striving to overcome in argument
  4. adj. struggling for effect
  5. 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.
  6. j:100 a. of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece s. striving to overcome in argument s. struggling for effect