The quality or state of being truculent; savageness of manners; ferociousness.
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Alt. of Belligerency
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Inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness.
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Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia.
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Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia.
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Alt. of Truculency
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