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virulency
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun virulency has 2 senses
- virulency(n = noun.attribute) virulence - extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease); "the virulence of the plague" is a kind of harmfulness, injuriousness
- virulency(n = noun.attribute) virulence - extreme hostility; "the virulence of the malicious old man" is a kind of hostility, ill will
Derived form adjective virulent1
Derived form adjective virulent3
CIDE DICTIONARY
virulency, n. [Cf. F. virulence, L. virulentia an offensive odor, a stench.].
- The quality or state of being virulent or venomous; poisonousness; malignancy. [1913 Webster]
- Extreme bitterness or malignity of disposition. Barrow. [1913 Webster]"The virulence of one declaimer, or the profundities and sublimities of the other." [1913 Webster]
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