ferous

See also: -ferous

English

Etymology

From Latin ferus. See fierce and feral.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪəɹəs/, /ˈfɛɹəs/

Adjective

ferous (comparative more ferous, superlative most ferous)

  1. (archaic) wild; savage
    • 1653, Arthur Wilson, The History of Great Britain […] :
      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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ferous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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