ferity

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin feritas, from ferus (“wild”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛɹɪti/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɹɪti

Noun

ferity (uncountable)

  1. The quality or fact of being wild or in a wild state.
    Synonyms: ferality, feralness
    Coordinate terms: ferociousness, ferocity, fierceness
    Near-synonyms: wildness, brutishness
    • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin, published 2005, page 29:
      To burn the bones of the King of Edom for Lyme, seems no irrationall ferity.
    • 1862, Henry David Thoreau, Walking:
      The wildness of the savage is but a faint symbol of the awful ferity with which good men and lovers meet.

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