VIRULENT


Meaning of VIRULENT in English

adj.1 strongly poisonous.

2 (of a disease) violent or malignant.

3 bitterly hostile (virulent animosity; virulent abuse).

Derivatives:

virulence n. virulently adv.

Etymology: ME, orig. of a poisoned wound, f. L virulentus (as VIRUS)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.