{ Vir"u*lence (?), Vir"u*len*cy (?), }
n. [Cf. F. virulence, L. virulentia an
offensive odor, a stench.] 1.The quality or state of
being virulent or venomous; poisonousness; malignancy.
2.Extreme bitterness or malignity of
disposition. "Refuted without satirical virulency."
Barrow.
The virulence of one declaimer, or the profundities
and sublimities of the other.