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FERINE
feral, ferine, savage
(adjective) wild and menacing; “a pack of feral dogs”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
ferine (comparative more ferine, superlative most ferine)
(now rare) Pertaining to wild, menacing animals; feral.
(zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the proposed taxon of bats, carnivorans, and insectivorans.
Noun
ferine (plural ferines)
(zoology, obsolete) A member of the proposed taxon of bats, carnivorans, and insectivorans.
Anagrams
• Feiner, enfire, fineer, refine
Source: Wiktionary
Fe"rine, a. Etym: [L. ferinus, fr. ferus wild. See Fierce.]
Definition: Wild; untamed; savage; as, lions, tigers, wolves, and bears are ferine beasts. Sir M. Hale.
– n.
Definition: A wild beast; a beast of prey.
– Fe"rine*ly, adv.
– Fe"rine*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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