Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

truculence

/ˈtrʌk.jə.ləns/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: tru-cu-lence
IPA: /ˈtrʌk.jə.ləns/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being truculent; eagerness to fight; ferocity.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"Dundy’s fists were clenched in front of his body and his feet were planted firm and a little apart on the floor, but the truculence in his face was modified by thin rims of white showing between green irises and upper eyelids."
"Trump’s truculence on the world stage: “Everyone kowtows to Iran because they’re crazy. Now we have our own bit of crazy.”"

Etymology

From French truculence, from Latin truculentia.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: truculence, truculentia

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtrʌk.jə.ləns/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

truculences (plural) truculency (alternative)

Synonyms

aggressiveness defiance ferociousness savageness truculency

Questions

How do you pronounce truculence?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtrʌk.jə.ləns/.
What does truculence mean?: The state of being truculent; eagerness to fight; ferocity.
Where does truculence come from?: It is traced to French.

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