[tru.cu.lent] adj [L truculentus, fr. truc-, trux savage; perh. akin to MIr tru doomed person] (ca. 1540) 1: feeling or displaying ferocity: cruel, savage
2: deadly, destructive
3: scathingly harsh: vitriolic
4: aggressively self-assertive: belligerent -- tru.cu.lent.ly adv