Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for VIR'U-LENT
VIR'U-LENCE, or VIR'U-LEN-CYVIR'U-LENT-LY
VIR'U-LENT, a. [L. virulentus, from virus, poison, that is, strength, from the same root as vir, vireo. See Venom.]
- Extremely active in doing injury; very poisonous or venomous. No poison is more virulent than that of some species of serpents.
- Very bitter in enmity; malignant; as, a virulent invective.
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