Etymology

ferine

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Today it means: Pertaining to wild, menacing animals; feral. Full definition →

Latin ferīnus
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  1. Latin · derived fromferīnus
  2. English todayferine

From Latin ferīnus, from fera (“wild animal”). The zoological sense was coined by William Whewell in 1840.

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