VIRULENCIES

Noun

virulencies

plural of virulency

Source: Wiktionary


VIRULENCY

Vir"u*lence, Vir"u*len*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. virulence, L. virulentia an offensive odor, a stench.]

1. The quality or state of being virulent or venomous; poisonousness; malignancy.

2. Extreme bitterness or malignity of disposition. "Refuted without satirical virulency." Barrow. The virulence of one declaimer, or the profundities and sublimities of the other. I. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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