Tru'cu-lent, a.

(110), a. [Lat. truculentus, from trux, trucis, wild, fierce; O. Fr. truculent, Sp. & It. truculento.]

1. Fierce; savage; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia. Ray.
2. Of ferocious aspect. Johnson.
3. Cruel; destructive; ruthless. “More or less truculent plagues.” Harvey.