Word of the Day:
truculent
What It Means
Eager or quick to argue, fight or start a conflict.
The truculent soldiers gave us a steely-eyed stare.
Truculent in Context
“If he came too close to a she with a young baby, the former would bare her great fighting fangs and growl ominously, and occasionally a truculent young bull would snarl a warning if Tarzan approached while the former was eating.”
Did You Know?
First attested circa 1540, from Middle French, from Latin truculentus (“fierce, savage”), from trux (“fierce, wild”).
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