Napoleonic

adjective

Na·​po·​le·​on·​ic nə-ˌpō-lē-ˈä-nik 

: of, relating to, or resembling Napoleon I: such as

a

: bellicose

The … terrier with the Napoleonic streak was here, lashing out at dogs several times its size whenever one approached …

—Laurence Sheehan

b

: having imperialist or expansionist ambitions

The man behind Formula One's surging popularity is … a Napoleonic figure who effectively took over the wayward sport two decades ago.

—John U. Bacon

Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Napoleonic

• architectonic
• neoplatonic
• pathognomonic
• postganglionic
• preganglionic
• stereophonic
• anharmonic
• anionic
• avionic
• catatonic
• cationic
• chorionic