{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Agonism. ] Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural. [ 1913 Webster ]
As a scholar, he [ Dr. Parr ] was brilliant, but he consumed his power in agonistic displays. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]