ferity

F4E1R1I1T1Y4
/ˈfɛɹɪti/

noun

The quality or fact of being wild or in a wild state.

“Near-synonyms: wildness, brutishness”

Similar
feralityferalnesswildnessbrutishness
OriginLatin feritas →
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Meanings

nounferity (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality or fact of being wild or in a wild state.

    Near-synonyms: wildness, brutishness

    2 more examples

    To burn the bones of the King of Edom for Lyme, seems no irrationall ferity.

    1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin, published 2005, page 29

    The wildness of the savage is but a faint symbol of the awful ferity with which good men and lovers meet.

    1862, Henry David Thoreau, Walking

    Synonyms: ferality, feralness, wildness, brutishness

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality or fact of being wild or in a wild state.

Similar
feralityferalnesswildnessbrutishness
Also see
feralityferalness

Origin

  1. Latinferitas
  2. Englishferity

Borrowed from Latin feritas, from ferus (“wild”). By surface analysis, Latin fer- + -ity.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with ferity

severitysinceritydexterityposterityhilaritycelerityinsincerityasperitypreposterity
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APA

ferity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferity

MLA

“ferity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ferity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferity.

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