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