ferocity

[ fuh-ros-i-tee ]
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noun
  1. a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness.

Origin of ferocity

1
1600–10; <Latin ferōcitās, equivalent to ferōc-, stem of ferōxferocious + -itās-ity

Other words from ferocity

  • non·fe·roc·i·ty, noun

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