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  [fuh-roh-shuh s] /fəˈroʊ ʃəs/ adjective 1. savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating. 2. extreme or intense: a ferocious thirst. /fəˈrəʊʃəs/ adjective 1. savagely fierce or cruel: a ferocious tiger, a ferocious argument adj. 1640s, from Latin ferocis, oblique case of ferox “fierce, wild-looking” (see ferocity). Related: […]

• Ferociously

  [fuh-roh-shuh s] /fəˈroʊ ʃəs/ adjective 1. savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating. 2. extreme or intense: a ferocious thirst. /fəˈrəʊʃəs/ adjective 1. savagely fierce or cruel: a ferocious tiger, a ferocious argument adj. 1640s, from Latin ferocis, oblique case of ferox “fierce, wild-looking” (see ferocity). Related: […]

• Ferociousness

  [fuh-roh-shuh s] /fəˈroʊ ʃəs/ adjective 1. savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating. 2. extreme or intense: a ferocious thirst. /fəˈrəʊʃəs/ adjective 1. savagely fierce or cruel: a ferocious tiger, a ferocious argument adj. 1640s, from Latin ferocis, oblique case of ferox “fierce, wild-looking” (see ferocity). Related: […]

• Ferocity

  [fuh-ros-i-tee] /fəˈrɒs ɪ ti/ noun 1. a quality or state; savage fierceness. n. c.1600, from French férocité, from Latin ferocitatem (nominative ferocitas) “fierceness,” from ferocis, oblique case of ferox “wild, bold, courageous, warlike, fierce,” literally “wild-looking,” a derivative of ferus “wild” (see fierce) + -ox, -ocem (genitive -ocis), a suffix meaning “looking or appearing” (cognate […]

• Ferr

  1. variant of and before a vowel. 1. a combining form with the meanings “iron,” “ferric,” used in the formation of compound words: ferriferous; ferricyanide. combining form 1. indicating the presence of iron, esp in the trivalent state: ferricyanide, ferriferous Compare ferro- ferri- pref. Iron, especially ferric ion: ferritin.

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