Virulent (adj)
vir-oo-lent
(of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects.
Bitterly hostile.
Late Middle English (originally describing a poisoned wound): from Latin virulentus, from virus ‘poison’ (see virus).
Example sentences
“The virus was so virulent, it killed everything before the weekend was out.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
