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Truculence

//ˈtrʌk.jə.ləns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being truculent; eagerness to fight; ferocity. uncountable, usually

    "To these provincial autocrats, before whom the peaceable population of all classes had been accustomed to tremble, the reserve of that English-looking engineer caused an uneasiness which swung to and fro between cringing and truculence."

  2. 2
    obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness wordnet

Etymology

From French truculence, from Latin truculentia.

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