ferous
See also: -ferous
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin ferus. See fierce and feral.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editferous (comparative more ferous, superlative most ferous)
- (archaic) wild; savage; feral
- 1653, Arthur Wilson, The History of Great Britain […] :
- And in this he had a speciall aim , and hope also , to establish Christian Laws among Infidels ; and by domestical , to chace away those ferous , and indomitable Creatures , that infested the Land
References
edit- “ferous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.