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Webster 1913 Edition


Ferocity

Fe-roc′i-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
ferocitas
, fr.
ferox
,
-ocis
, fierce, kin to
ferus
wild: cf. F.
ferocité
. See
Fierce
.]
Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty;
as,
ferocity
of countenance
.
The pride and
ferocity
of a Highland chief.
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ferocity

FEROC'ITY

,
Noun.
[L. ferocitas.]
1.
Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as the ferocity of barbarians.
2.
Fierceness indicating a savage heart; as ferocity of countenance.

Definition 2024


ferocity

ferocity

English

Noun

ferocity (countable and uncountable, plural ferocities)

  1. The condition of being ferocious.

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