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   truculent

   /ˈtrʌkjʊlənt/

   adjective

   • 1. eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant: "the truculent attitude of farmers to cheaper imports"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin truculentus, from trux, truc- ‘fierce’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. truculence noun
   • 2. truculently adverb
   • 3. truculency noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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