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truculent


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Truculent  \Tru"cu*lent\,  a.  [L.  truculentus  fr  trux,  gen. 
  trucis  wild,  fierce:  cf  F.  truculent.] 
  1.  Fierce;  savage;  ferocious;  barbarous;  as  the  truculent 
  inhabitants  of  Scythia.  --Ray. 
 
  2.  Cruel;  destructive;  ruthless. 
 
  More  or  less  truculent  plagues.  --Harvey. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  truculent 
  adj  1:  defiantly  aggressive;  "as  truculent  as  a  small  boy  who 
  thinks  his  big  brother  can  lick  anybody" 
  2:  aggressively  hostile;  "a  truculent  speech  against  the  new 
  government" 




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