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Webster 1913 Edition

Battailous

Bat′tail-ous

,

Adj.

[OF.

bataillos

, fr.

bataille

. See

,

Noun.

]

Arrayed for battle; fit or eager for battle; warlike.

[Obs.]

“In battailous aspect.”

Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Battailous

BAT'TAILOUS

,

Adj.

[See Battle.] Warlike; having the form or appearance of an army arrayed for battle;; marshaled, as for an attack.

Definition 2024

battailous

battailous

English

Adjective

battailous ‎(comparative more battailous, superlative most battailous)

(obsolete) Warlike, battle-ready.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.v:
  He started vp, and did him selfe prepaire, / In sun-bright armes, and battailous array: / For with that Pagan proud he combat will that day.
- 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act IV, Scene II, verses 90-91
  
  Lie! — but begone all ceremonious points
  
  Of honour battailous. I could not turn
  
  My wrath against thee for the orbed world.