TRUCULENT


Meaning of TRUCULENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -lənt ]

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

• tru·cu·lent·ly adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.