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truc·u·lent

[truhk-yuh-luhnt, troo-kyuh-]
adjective
1.
fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.
2.
brutally harsh; vitriolic; scathing: his truculent criticism of her work.
3.
aggressively hostile; belligerent.

Origin:
1530–40; < Latin truculentus, equivalent to truc-, stem of trux savage, pitiless + -ulentus -ulent

truc·u·lence, truc·u·len·cy, noun
truc·u·lent·ly, adverb


1. See fierce.


1. amiable, gentle.

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Truculence is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Example Sentences
  • Destructive truculence is why you have governments telling companies exactly what they must disclose.
  • Economists predict that greed will quickly wear down foreign investors' truculence.
  • On and on they went until the feeling of celebration became self-congratulatory to the point of truculence.
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truculent (ˈtrʌkjʊlənt)
 
adj
1.  defiantly aggressive, sullen, or obstreperous
2.  archaic savage, fierce, or harsh
 
[C16: from Latin truculentus, from trux fierce]
 
'truculence
 
n
 
'truculency
 
n
 
'truculently
 
adv

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