Etymology

truculent

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Today it means: Cruel or savage. Full definition →

Latin truculentus
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  1. Latin · derived fromtruculentus“fierce, savage”
  2. English todaytruculent

First attested circa 1540, from Middle French, from Latin truculentus (“fierce, savage”), from trux (“fierce, wild”).

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