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French
Adjective
virulente
- feminine singular of virulent
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.ruˈlɛn.te/
- Rhymes: -ɛnte
- Hyphenation: vi‧ru‧lèn‧te
Adjective
virulente
- feminine plural of virulento
Latin
Etymology 1
Adverb
vīrulentē (comparative vīrulentius, superlative vīrulentissimē)
- virulently
1638, Gisberto Voetio, chapter XXIII, in Gymnasium Ultraiectinum, page 198:Repetii ergo Corollaria Catechetica a Naerano impugnata, et in epistola famosa virulentissime dicteriis loco argumentorum traducta- I recounted, therefore, the impugned Catechistic Corollaries by Nerano, and in a famous letter most virulently transported by witticisms to the place of arguments
Etymology 2
Adjective
vīrulente
- vocative masculine singular of vīrulentus