FERINE

feral, ferine, savage

(adjective) wild and menacing; “a pack of feral dogs”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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