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.