Henritruc·u·lent Listen:: [...]
adj.
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- 1.Disposed to fight; pugnacious.
2.Expressing bitter opposition; scathing: a truculent speech against the new government.
3.Disposed to or exhibiting violence or destructiveness; fierce.
[Latin truculentus, from trux, truc-, fierce; see terə-[sup]2[/sup] in Indo-European roots.]
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trucu·lent·ly adv.
PS : The little box above after «ter» represents my attempt to write the IPA «upside-down e» ; to my surprise & # 601 ; (without the extra spaces) doesn't seem to work. Perhaps Tim, Garzo, Anders, or others more familiar with the system could help ?...