Category:Truculent

Tru"cu*lent, a. Etym: [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.