truculence, truculency

[Lat. trucu lenti a, from truculent us =truculent (q. v.).] 1. The quality or state of being truculent; savagene of manner; ferocity. "He loves not tyranny: the truculency of the subject, who transacts this, he approves not."-Water house: On Fontescu (1663), p. 184. 2. Fiercene of countenance. 4205 truc-u-lent, adj. [Fr., from Lat. truculent us = cruel, from trux (gen it. trucis )=fierce, wild, savage.] 1. Savage, ferocious, fierce, barbarous. "A barbarous Scythia, where the savage and truculent inhabitants transfer themselves from place to place in wagons, as they can find pasture."-Ray: On the Creation. 2. Inspiring terror; ferocious. "The trembling boy his brethren's hands, Their truculent aspects, and servile bands, Beheld. Sandys: Christ's Pa ion , p. 14. *3. Cruel, destructive. "Pestilential seminaries, according to their gro ne or subtility, cause more or le truculent plagues." Harvey: On the Plague. truc-u-lent-lý, adv. [Eng. truculent; -ly.] In a truculent manner; fiercely, ferociously, savagely, destructively. trŭdge, v . i . [According to Skeat, prop. = to walk in snow-shoes, hence, to move along with a heavy step, from Sw. dial. trug a , trioga , trudja ; Norw. trug a, true, tryge, trjuga snow-shoe; trygja , try juga to provide with snow-shoes; Icel. thrúga =a snow-shoe.] To travel on foot with more or le labor and fatigue; to walk or tramp along wearily and heavily. "Not one of them was observed to stop and look toward us, but they trudged along, to all appearances without the least emotion, either of curiosity or surprise."- Cook : First Voyage, bk. iii., ch. ii. *trŭdge-man, s. [TRUCHMAN.] trûe, *trewe, a . & adv . [A. S. tréowe, trýwe true; tréow , trýw =truth, preservation of a compact; cogn. with Dut. trouw =true, faithful; trouw fidelity; Icel. tryggr , trúr =true; Dan. tro =true, truth; Sw. trogen=true; tro =fidelity; O. H. Ger. triuwi =true; triuwa = fidelity; German treu =true; Goth. triggws =true; triggwa =a covenant; trauan to trow, to trust.] A. As adjective : I. Ordinary Language : 1. Firm or steady in adhering to promises, compacts, friends, one's superior, or the like; not fickle or inconstant; faithful, loyal, constant. "Through the poor captive's bosom pa ed The thought, but, to his purpose true , He said not, though he sighed, 'Adieu!""