Truculent By Deane Barker • March 17, 2024 • Definition: aggressive; prone to argue or fight This comes from the Latin “trux” which means “savage.” Why I Looked It Up From Shogun: As soon as he could, he had handed his duties over to Naga, and strode off with a pretended truculence down the river bank… It was used a lot in Shogun. I guess the author liked the word.