31. truculent
Published in
Mar 30, 2022
evident in a translucent facade, unbidden
~Livy, 29 March 2022
definition
truculent [/ˈtrəkyələnt/]
adj. openly defiant
extended definition
- eager or quick to argue or fight
- openly, aggressively defiant
etymology
Latin: trux, trucis “fierce, rough, wild, savage” → truculentus “fierce, savage, stern, cruel” → 1530s
references
- definitions from Oxford Languages via Google’s English Dictionary
- etymology (word origin information) from Online Etymology Dictionary (“etymonline”)
- see also: my favorite Latin dictionary, William Whitaker’s Words
