Truculent
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- adj. 残暴的, 凶狠的
- ［英］ adj. 残暴的, 凶狠的 ( feeling or displaying ferocity;cruel)
- ［记］ truc ( 凶猛) +ulen
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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
- ? truculently adverb
