truculent (TRUK-yuh-luhnt) adjective
1. Disposed to fight; pugnacious.
2. Expressing bitter opposition; scathing.
3. Disposed to or exhibiting violence or destructiveness;
fierce.
[Latin truculentus, from trux, truc-, fierce.]
"A funny thing happened to Mr Wilson on his way back for a
new term at
Westminster. The punchy, truculent fighter of a year ago,
whose rude
jabs at the Conservatives often provoked Sir Alec
Douglas-Home into
reminding him that he was no longer Leader of the Opposition,
has been
transformed into a widely accepted father figure."
Nora Beloff, Observing the 20th Century, Observer, 19 Dec
1999.
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