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fierceness

noun

Etymology

From Middle English fersnesse; equivalent to fierce + -ness.

  1. inherited from fersnesse

Definitions

  1. The state of being fierce.

    • I stroked it gently, on which the mutinous rogue seemed to swell, and gather a new degree of fierceness and insolence; so that finding it grew not to be trifled with any longer, I prepar'd for rubbers in good earnest.

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