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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
truculent /ˈtrʌkjʊl(ə)nt/

▶adjective eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.

– derivatives
truculence noun,
truculently adverb.

– origin C16: from L. truculentus, from trux, truc- ‘fierce’.

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