truculence
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈtrʌk.jə.ləns/
noun
Etymology: From French truculence, from Latin truculentia.
- The state of being truculent; eagerness to fight; ferocity.
“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.”
“He was huge in all that he did, and his benevolence was even more overpowering than his truculence.”