truculent
to have fighting spirit
TRANSLATION
wild, grausam; auch: trotzig; gehässig
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"A funny thing happened to Mr Wilson on his way back for a new term at Westminster. The truculent fighter of a year ago, whose attacks on the Conservatives often provoked Sir Alec Douglas-Home into reminding him that he was no longer Leader of the Opposition, has been transformed into a widely accepted father figure."
(Nora Beloff, Observing the 20th Century, Observer, 19th Dec. 1999)
(Nora Beloff, Observing the 20th Century, Observer, 19th Dec. 1999)
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Wordwise: from the Latin truculentus, from trux, truc-, fierce.
