TRUCULENT

truculent. truculent, cruell, or terrible in countenance.

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truculent. Truculent, a. cruel, barbarous, terrible of aspect

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Tru″cu‐lent (?), a. [[L. truculentus, fr. trux, gen. trucis, wild, fierce: cf. F. truculent.]] 1. 1. Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia. Ray.
2. 2. Cruel; destructive; ruthless.
More or less truculent plagues. Harvey.