ferocity

American  

[fuh-ros-i-tee] / fəˈrɒs ɪ ti /

noun

1. a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness.

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Other Word Forms

• nonferocity noun

Etymology

Origin of ferocity

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

Example Sentences

People in offices and pubs find themselves discussing Rebecca Morrison's outrageous draw, or the ferocity with which Hammy McMillan brushes the ice.

From BBC

Residents across the south of France were shocked at the storm's ferocity.

From Barron's

Of course, it would have been harder not to notice given the ferocity of ill feeling towards the Dane in recent weeks.

From BBC

This isn’t the first time that Olympic medals might not have been built for the ferocity of post-Games celebration.

From The Wall Street Journal

The sound and ferocity of the wind and rain scared him and his two-man crew half to death.

From Literature