Truculent \Tru"cu*lent\, a. [L. truculentus, fr. trux, gen. trucis, wild, fierce: cf. F. truculent.]

1. Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia. --Ray.

2. Cruel; destructive; ruthless.

More or less truculent plagues. --Harvey.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)