feral

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Wild

   Wild; untamed.

   • Among the ensemble’s strange, outmoded, “original” instruments — the feral horns, sour violins, wooden flutes, cellos without endpins — she seemed right at home, despite her Broadway provenance.
2. 2

   A domesticated (non-human) animal that has returned to the wild

   A domesticated (non-human) animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans.

   • Although it is not difficult to induce domestic pigeons to nest in boxes fixed to trees, London′s ferals are not yet acclimatized to arboreal holes.
   • You trap ferals, neuter them, and give them their rabies shot. Maybe distemper.
3. 3

   A contemptible young person, a lout, a person who behaves wildly.

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   1. 4

      A person who has isolated themselves from the outside world

      A person who has isolated themselves from the outside world; one living an alternative lifestyle.

      • A pod of ferals was moving towards the exit, a half-dozen soap-shy, low-tech, bush-dwelling hippies.
      • It′s the rootlessness of the ferals that people don′t seem to trust; their claims of connectedness to all wild places touches a nerve. Even residents of Maydena who want to see the Florentine protected dislike the ratbags′ itinerancy.
   2. 5

      A furry character in art or literature which has the appearance of a regular animal…

      A furry character in art or literature which has the appearance of a regular animal (typically quadrupedal), that may or may not be able to communicate with humans or "anthros".

      • The story is about a group of ferals which have to explore the ruins of society after the humans die out.
   3. 6

      Deadly, fatal.

   4. 7

      Of or pertaining to the dead, funereal.

   5. 8

      Misspelling of ferrule.

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