ferocity

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French férocité, from Latin ferocitas, from ferox (“fierce”), from ferus (“wild, savage, fierce”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /fəˈɹɑsɪti/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fəˈɹɒsɪti/

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• Rhymes: -ɒsɪti

Noun

ferocity (countable and uncountable, plural ferocities)

1. The condition of being ferocious.

Synonyms

• ferociousness
• fierceness
• furiousness
• fury
• vehemence
• violence
• wildness

Related terms

• ferity
• ferocious (adj)
• fierce

Translations

The condition of being ferocious

• Allar: Grausamkeit
• Bulgarian: свирепост f (svirepost)
• Finnish: raivokkuus
• French: acharnement m
• Greek: αγριότητα f (agriótita)
• Latin: ferōcitās f, saevitia f
• Macedonian: сви́репост f (svírepost), же́стокост f (žéstokost)
• Maori: taratutū
• Romanian: ferocitate f
• Russian: свирепость f (svirepostʹ)

Further reading

• ferocity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• ferocity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• ferocity at OneLook Dictionary Search