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ferocity

noun
/fəˈɹɑsɪti/US/fəˈɹɒsɪti/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French férocité, from Latin ferocitas, from ferox (“fierce”), from ferus (“wild, savage, fierce”).

  1. derived from ferocitas
  2. borrowed from férocité

Definitions

  1. The condition of being ferocious.

    • Near-synonyms: fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence
    • Nearly a year later, in the month of October, 18—, London was startled by a crime of singular ferocity and rendered all the more notable by the high position of the victim.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA