ˈtrəkyələn(t)s sometimes ˈtrük- noun
also trucu·len·cy
( plural truculences also truculencies )
Etymology: truculence from truculent; truculency from Latin truculentia wildness, fierceness, from truculentus wild, cruel, fierce + -ia -y
: the quality or state of being truculent
made up for his lack of stature by a great show of truculence — Carol Bache
as sure a sign of truculence as the closed fist of a man — Edison Marshall