Vir'u-lence or Vir'u-len-cy, n.

n. [Fr. virulence, Pr., Sp., & Pg. virulencia, It. virulenza, Lat. virulentia.]

1. The quality of being virulent; injurious activity; poisonousness; acrimony; malignancy; as, the virulence of poison.
2. Acrimony of temper; extreme bitterness or malignity; as, the virulence of enmity; the virulence of satire; to attack a man with virulence. “The virulence of one declaimer, or the profundities and sublimities of the other.” Bp. Taylor.