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truculence|ˈtruːk-, ˈtrʌkjʊləns|
[ad. L. truculentia savageness, ferocity, f. truculentus truculent: see -ence.]
The condition or quality of being truculent; fierceness, savageness.
1727Bailey vol. II, Truculence, Truculentness, cruelty, savageness, sternness. 1877D. M. Wallace Russia vi. 83 The entire absence of obsequiousness or truculence in his manner. 1890Gladstone Sp. Ho. Comm. 28 Nov., He sometimes accompanies the temperance of language with a truculence of action. |