truculentadj.

Brit.

/ˈtrʌkjᵿlənt/,

/ˈtruːkjᵿlənt/, U.S.

/ˈtrəkjələnt/

Etymology: < Latin truculentus, < trux (truc-em) fierce, savage; compare obsolete French truculent (Cotgrave 1611).

a. Characterized by or exhibiting ferocity or cruelty; fierce, cruel, savage, barbarous.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective]

grimlyc893

retheeOE

grim971

bitterOE

bremec1175

grillc1175

grimfula1240

cruel1297

sturdy1297

fiercea1300

fellc1300

boistousa1387

felonousc1386

savagea1393

bestiala1398

bremelya1400

felona1400

hetera1400

cursedc1400

wicked14..

vengeablec1430

wolvishc1430

unnatural?1473

inhuman1481

brutisha1513

cruent1524

felonish1530

mannish1530

abominate1531

lionish1549

boarish?1550

truculent?c1550

unhumanc1550

lion-like1556

beastly1558

orped1567

raw?1573

tigerish?1573

unmanlike1579

boisterous1581

savaged1583

tiger-like1587

yond1590

truculental1593

savage wild1595

tigerous1597

inhumane1598

Neronian1598

immane1599

Phalarical1602

ungentle1603

feral1604

savagious1605

fierceful1607

Dionysian1608

wolvy1611

Hunnish1625

lionly1631

tigerly1633

savage-hearted1639

brutal1641

feroce1641

ferocious1646

asperous1650

ferousa1652

wolfish1674

tiger1763

savage-fierce1770

Tartar1809

Tartarly1821

Neroic1851

tigery1859

Neronic1864

unmannish1867

inhumanitarian1947

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > [adjective]

grimlyc893

wrothc893

reighOE

grima1000

grillc1175

witherc1175

grimfula1240

sturdy1297

wild1297

fiercea1300

man-keenc1300

stoutc1300

cruelc1330

fell?c1335

wicked1375

felonousc1386

felona1400

cursedc1400

runishc1400

keen?c1425

roid?c1425

wolvishc1430

ranishc1450

malicious1485

mankind1519

mannish1530

lionish1549

truculent?c1550

lion-like1556

tigerish?1573

tiger-like1587

truculental1593

Amazonian1595

tigerous1597

feral1604

fierceful1607

efferous1614

lionly1631

tigerly1633

feroce1641

ferocious1646

asperous1650

ferousa1652

blusterous1663

wolfish1674

boarisha1718

savage-fierce1770

Tartar1809

Tartarly1821

wolfy1828

savagerous1832

hawkish1841

tigery1859

attern1868

Hunnish1915

?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 105 Havinge attained libertie, [Britain] entered into moste truculent warrs.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 12 His aspect and countenance was fierce, truculent, and fearefull.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 324 Many Horsses by their seede and stones are made very fierce, truculent, and vnruly.

1670 R. Baxter Cure Church-div. 4 It is the character of a truculent people..that they regard not the person of the old.

1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature vi. 141 Convulsed and agonizing under the knife of some truculent villain.

1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars i. 4 The truculent ruffianism that pretended to be animated by the crusading spirit.

b. Of speech or writing: Violent; rude; scathing; savage; harsh.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] > harsh

rough?1520

scabrousa1585

harsh1594

unsmooth1610

unsmoothed1614

truculent1850

abrasive1861

gritty1882

1850 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (1853) 204 Pamphlets..scarcely less truculent or less contemptuous of the Christian virtues.

1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral xvii. 416 The broader and more truculent satire of Ulrich Hutten.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire iii. 115 Voltaire is never either gross or truculent.

†c. transferred. Of a disease: Destructive; deadly. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > deadly or destructive

cankeringa1450

truculent1665

1665 G. Harvey Disc. Plague x More or less truculent Plagues.

2. (In uses associated with truck n.¹, truck v.¹, truckle v.) Mean, base, mercenary.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [adjective]

theowlikec1175

low?c1225

undignec1315

unfreec1330

base?1518

roynish1570

baseborn1573

base-minded1573

haskardly1576

ignoble1592

unnoble1593

slavish1597

disnoble1609

infimous1613

unhandsome1645

unheroical1656

mean1665

unworthy1694

unheroic1732

raff1761

undignified1782

raffish1795

truculent1825

unpromotable1836

menial1837

low-flung1841

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > motivated by material reward

mercenary1532

hireling1587

truculent1825

kiss-cow1840

1825 J. Bentham Rationale Reward 62 A truculent exchange not only of truth, but of sincerity, for money.

1884 J. T. Davidson Talks Young Men viii The mean dastard [Ahab] sent back the truculent reply: ‘My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have’.

3. Combinations, as truculent-looking.

ΚΠ

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth v, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 153 This ungainly and truculent-looking savage.

1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life viii That truculent-looking craft.

Derivatives

† trucuˈlental adj. Obsolete rare

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective]

grimlyc893

retheeOE

grim971

bitterOE

bremec1175

grillc1175

grimfula1240

cruel1297

sturdy1297

fiercea1300

fellc1300

boistousa1387

felonousc1386

savagea1393

bestiala1398

bremelya1400

felona1400

hetera1400

cursedc1400

wicked14..

vengeablec1430

wolvishc1430

unnatural?1473

inhuman1481

brutisha1513

cruent1524

felonish1530

mannish1530

abominate1531

lionish1549

boarish?1550

truculent?c1550

unhumanc1550

lion-like1556

beastly1558

orped1567

raw?1573

tigerish?1573

unmanlike1579

boisterous1581

savaged1583

tiger-like1587

yond1590

truculental1593

savage wild1595

tigerous1597

inhumane1598

Neronian1598

immane1599

Phalarical1602

ungentle1603

feral1604

savagious1605

fierceful1607

Dionysian1608

wolvy1611

Hunnish1625

lionly1631

tigerly1633

savage-hearted1639

brutal1641

feroce1641

ferocious1646

asperous1650

ferousa1652

wolfish1674

tiger1763

savage-fierce1770

Tartar1809

Tartarly1821

Neroic1851

tigery1859

Neronic1864

unmannish1867

inhumanitarian1947

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > [adjective]

grimlyc893

wrothc893

reighOE

grima1000

grillc1175

witherc1175

grimfula1240

sturdy1297

wild1297

fiercea1300

man-keenc1300

stoutc1300

cruelc1330

fell?c1335

wicked1375

felonousc1386

felona1400

cursedc1400

runishc1400

keen?c1425

roid?c1425

wolvishc1430

ranishc1450

malicious1485

mankind1519

mannish1530

lionish1549

truculent?c1550

lion-like1556

tigerish?1573

tiger-like1587

truculental1593

Amazonian1595

tigerous1597

feral1604

fierceful1607

efferous1614

lionly1631

tigerly1633

feroce1641

ferocious1646

asperous1650

ferousa1652

blusterous1663

wolfish1674

boarisha1718

savage-fierce1770

Tartar1809

Tartarly1821

wolfy1828

savagerous1832

hawkish1841

tigery1859

attern1868

Hunnish1915

1593 Sonnet in G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation sig. *** A glorious, and brauing Knight, That would be deem'd a truculentall wight.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	truculent
释义	truculentadj. Brit. /ˈtrʌkjᵿlənt/, /ˈtruːkjᵿlənt/, U.S. /ˈtrəkjələnt/ Etymology: < Latin truculentus, < trux (truc-em) fierce, savage; compare obsolete French truculent (Cotgrave 1611). 1. a. Characterized by or exhibiting ferocity or cruelty; fierce, cruel, savage, barbarous. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective] grimlyc893 retheeOE grim971 bitterOE bremec1175 grillc1175 grimfula1240 cruel1297 sturdy1297 fiercea1300 fellc1300 boistousa1387 felonousc1386 savagea1393 bestiala1398 bremelya1400 felona1400 hetera1400 cursedc1400 wicked14.. vengeablec1430 wolvishc1430 unnatural?1473 inhuman1481 brutisha1513 cruent1524 felonish1530 mannish1530 abominate1531 lionish1549 boarish?1550 truculent?c1550 unhumanc1550 lion-like1556 beastly1558 orped1567 raw?1573 tigerish?1573 unmanlike1579 boisterous1581 savaged1583 tiger-like1587 yond1590 truculental1593 savage wild1595 tigerous1597 inhumane1598 Neronian1598 immane1599 Phalarical1602 ungentle1603 feral1604 savagious1605 fierceful1607 Dionysian1608 wolvy1611 Hunnish1625 lionly1631 tigerly1633 savage-hearted1639 brutal1641 feroce1641 ferocious1646 asperous1650 ferousa1652 wolfish1674 tiger1763 savage-fierce1770 Tartar1809 Tartarly1821 Neroic1851 tigery1859 Neronic1864 unmannish1867 inhumanitarian1947 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > [adjective] grimlyc893 wrothc893 reighOE grima1000 grillc1175 witherc1175 grimfula1240 sturdy1297 wild1297 fiercea1300 man-keenc1300 stoutc1300 cruelc1330 fell?c1335 wicked1375 felonousc1386 felona1400 cursedc1400 runishc1400 keen?c1425 roid?c1425 wolvishc1430 ranishc1450 malicious1485 mankind1519 mannish1530 lionish1549 truculent?c1550 lion-like1556 tigerish?1573 tiger-like1587 truculental1593 Amazonian1595 tigerous1597 feral1604 fierceful1607 efferous1614 lionly1631 tigerly1633 feroce1641 ferocious1646 asperous1650 ferousa1652 blusterous1663 wolfish1674 boarisha1718 savage-fierce1770 Tartar1809 Tartarly1821 wolfy1828 savagerous1832 hawkish1841 tigery1859 attern1868 Hunnish1915 ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 105 Havinge attained libertie, [Britain] entered into moste truculent warrs. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 12 His aspect and countenance was fierce, truculent, and fearefull. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 324 Many Horsses by their seede and stones are made very fierce, truculent, and vnruly. 1670 R. Baxter Cure Church-div. 4 It is the character of a truculent people..that they regard not the person of the old. 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature vi. 141 Convulsed and agonizing under the knife of some truculent villain. 1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars i. 4 The truculent ruffianism that pretended to be animated by the crusading spirit. b. Of speech or writing: Violent; rude; scathing; savage; harsh. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] > harsh rough?1520 scabrousa1585 harsh1594 unsmooth1610 unsmoothed1614 truculent1850 abrasive1861 gritty1882 1850 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (1853) 204 Pamphlets..scarcely less truculent or less contemptuous of the Christian virtues. 1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral xvii. 416 The broader and more truculent satire of Ulrich Hutten. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire iii. 115 Voltaire is never either gross or truculent. †c. transferred. Of a disease: Destructive; deadly. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > deadly or destructive cankeringa1450 truculent1665 1665 G. Harvey Disc. Plague x More or less truculent Plagues. 2. (In uses associated with truck n.¹, truck v.¹, truckle v.) Mean, base, mercenary. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [adjective] theowlikec1175 low?c1225 undignec1315 unfreec1330 base?1518 roynish1570 baseborn1573 base-minded1573 haskardly1576 ignoble1592 unnoble1593 slavish1597 disnoble1609 infimous1613 unhandsome1645 unheroical1656 mean1665 unworthy1694 unheroic1732 raff1761 undignified1782 raffish1795 truculent1825 unpromotable1836 menial1837 low-flung1841 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > motivated by material reward mercenary1532 hireling1587 truculent1825 kiss-cow1840 1825 J. Bentham Rationale Reward 62 A truculent exchange not only of truth, but of sincerity, for money. 1884 J. T. Davidson Talks Young Men viii The mean dastard [Ahab] sent back the truculent reply: ‘My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have’. 3. Combinations, as truculent-looking. ΚΠ 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth v, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 153 This ungainly and truculent-looking savage. 1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life viii That truculent-looking craft. Derivatives † trucuˈlental adj. Obsolete rare ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective] grimlyc893 retheeOE grim971 bitterOE bremec1175 grillc1175 grimfula1240 cruel1297 sturdy1297 fiercea1300 fellc1300 boistousa1387 felonousc1386 savagea1393 bestiala1398 bremelya1400 felona1400 hetera1400 cursedc1400 wicked14.. vengeablec1430 wolvishc1430 unnatural?1473 inhuman1481 brutisha1513 cruent1524 felonish1530 mannish1530 abominate1531 lionish1549 boarish?1550 truculent?c1550 unhumanc1550 lion-like1556 beastly1558 orped1567 raw?1573 tigerish?1573 unmanlike1579 boisterous1581 savaged1583 tiger-like1587 yond1590 truculental1593 savage wild1595 tigerous1597 inhumane1598 Neronian1598 immane1599 Phalarical1602 ungentle1603 feral1604 savagious1605 fierceful1607 Dionysian1608 wolvy1611 Hunnish1625 lionly1631 tigerly1633 savage-hearted1639 brutal1641 feroce1641 ferocious1646 asperous1650 ferousa1652 wolfish1674 tiger1763 savage-fierce1770 Tartar1809 Tartarly1821 Neroic1851 tigery1859 Neronic1864 unmannish1867 inhumanitarian1947 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > [adjective] grimlyc893 wrothc893 reighOE grima1000 grillc1175 witherc1175 grimfula1240 sturdy1297 wild1297 fiercea1300 man-keenc1300 stoutc1300 cruelc1330 fell?c1335 wicked1375 felonousc1386 felona1400 cursedc1400 runishc1400 keen?c1425 roid?c1425 wolvishc1430 ranishc1450 malicious1485 mankind1519 mannish1530 lionish1549 truculent?c1550 lion-like1556 tigerish?1573 tiger-like1587 truculental1593 Amazonian1595 tigerous1597 feral1604 fierceful1607 efferous1614 lionly1631 tigerly1633 feroce1641 ferocious1646 asperous1650 ferousa1652 blusterous1663 wolfish1674 boarisha1718 savage-fierce1770 Tartar1809 Tartarly1821 wolfy1828 savagerous1832 hawkish1841 tigery1859 attern1868 Hunnish1915 1593 Sonnet in G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation sig. *** A glorious, and brauing Knight, That would be deem'd a truculentall wight. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?c1550
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