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truculent

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Main Entry: tru·cu·lent
Pronunciation: \-lənt\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin truculentus, from truc-, trux savage; perhaps akin to Middle Irish trú doomed person
Date: circa 1540

1 : feeling or displaying ferocity : cruel, savage
2 : deadly, destructive
3 : scathingly harsh : vitriolic <truculent criticism>
4 : aggressively self-assertive : belligerent

tru·cu·lent·ly adverb


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