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ferine

[ feer-ahyn, -in ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

ferine

/ ˈfɪəraɪn /

Origin of ferine¹

1530–40; < Latin ferīnus, equivalent to fer ( a ) a wild animal (noun use of feminine of ferus wild) + -īnus -ine ¹

Origin of ferine¹

C17: from Latin ferīnus , of wild animals, from fera wild beast

He crouched like a beast, ferine—all the obscure and diabolic passion of him ready to spring.

The only ferine companions we now had were a few hardy quadrupeds and birds, capable of enduring the winter.

They are now begun by first throwing a mob into a panic; they are ended only when it has spent its ferine fury.

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