virulent
/ˈvɪɹələnt/VIH-ruh-luhnt
/ˈvɪɹələnt/VIH-ruh-luhnt
Meaningvenomous
Common meaning: severe and harmful
Other meanings: hostile
- virslime; venomLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1997 · scan
- ulentadjective ending: full of
Journey through time
- Latinvīrus, -ī‘slime’
- Frenchvirulent
- Englishvirulent‘severe and harmful’ · today
vir also in: virus
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin vīrus ‘slime; venom’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vīrus, p. 1997 · dictionary scan
Roots
- vīrus, -ī Latin “slime; venom”
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