ferous

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/ˈfɪəɹəs//ˈfɛɹəs/

adjective

wild; savage; feral

OriginLatin ferus →
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Meanings

adjectiveferous (comparative more ferous, superlative most ferous)

comparative more ferous · superlative most ferous

  1. archaicwild; savage; feral

    And in this he had a speciall aim , and hope also , to establish Christian Laws among Infidels ; and by domestical , to chace away those ferous , and indomitable Creatures , that infested the Land

    1653, Arthur Wilson, The History of Great Britain […]

Origin

  1. Latinferus
  2. Englishferous

From Latin ferus. See fierce and feral. By surface analysis, Latin fer- + -ous.

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