[Jim W N]

I didn’t know about that, but Mickey Rooney, especially when he was older, came across to me like a fairly contentious, pugilistic kind of guy.

[DiogenesLamp]

I didn’t know about that, but Mickey Rooney, especially when he was older, came across to me like a fairly contentious, pugilistic kind of guy.

One of his earliest movies was "Little Lord Fauntleroy". He was like 16, and he was confrontational and combative.

I think pugilistic is pretty common among men with small man syndrome.