VIRULENCE

virulence|virgulency. Virulence, or Virgulency, n. malignit, a wicked tempter

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{ Vir″u‐lence (?), Vir″u‐len‐cy (?), } n. [[Cf. F. virulence, L. virulentia an offensive odor, a stench.]] 1. 1. The quality or state of being virulent or venomous; poisonousness; malignancy.
2. 2. Extreme bitterness or malignity of disposition. “Refuted without satirical virulency.” Barrow.
The virulence of one declaimer, or the profundities and sublimities of the other. I. Taylor.