Found 2 items, similar to virulency.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: virulency
virulency
n 1: extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to
cause disease);
“the virulence of the plague” [syn:
virulence]
2: extreme hostility;
“the virulence of the malicious old man”
[syn:
virulence]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Virulency
Virulence
\Vir"u*lence\, Virulency
\Vir"u*len*cy\, n. [Cf. F.
virulence, L. virulentia an offensive odor, a stench.]
1. The quality or state of being virulent or venomous;
poisonousness; malignancy.
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2. Extreme bitterness or malignity of disposition.
“Refuted
without satirical virulency.” --Barrow.
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The virulence of one declaimer, or the profundities
and sublimities of the other. --I. Taylor.
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