Ăg'o-nĭst'ic or Ăg'o-nĭst'ic-al, a.

[Gr. ἀγωνιστικός, Lat. agonisticus.] Pertaining to violent bodily or mental struggles, or to any violent contest.

As a scholar, he [Dr. Parr] was brilliant, but he consumed his power in agonistic displays. De Quincey.