Category:Virulence

Vir"u*lence, vir"u*len*cy, n. Etym: [cf. F. virulence, l. virulentia An offensive odor, a stench.]

1. The quality or state of being virulent or venomous; poisonousness; Malignancy.

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.