ferocity

ferocity
/feuh ros"i tee/, n.
a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness.
[1600-10; < L ferocitas, equiv. to feroc-, s. of ferox FEROCIOUS + -itas -ITY]

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  • Ferocity — Fe*roc i*ty, n. [L. ferocitas, fr. ferox, ocis, fierce, kin to ferus wild: cf. F. ferocit[ e]. See {Fierce}.] Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of countenance. [1913 Webster] The pride and ferocity of a Highland chief.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ferocity — index atrocity, bestiality, cruelty, furor, outbreak, severity, violence Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …   Law dictionary

  • ferocity — c.1600, from Fr. férocité, from L. ferocitatem (nom. ferocitas) fierceness, from ferocis, oblique case of ferox wild, bold, courageous, warlike, fierce, lit. wild looking, a derivative of ferus wild (see FIERCE (Cf. fierce)) + ox, ocem (gen. o …   Etymology dictionary

  • ferocity — [adj] fierceness barbarity, bloodthirstiness, brutality, cruelty, ferociousness, murderousness, savagery, viciousness, violence, wildness; concepts 401,542 …   New thesaurus

  • ferocity — [fə räs′ə tē] n. pl. ferocities [Fr ferocité < L ferocitas] the state or quality of being ferocious …   English World dictionary

  • ferocity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great, sheer PREPOSITION ▪ with ferocity ▪ It attacks its prey with great ferocity …   Collocations dictionary

  • ferocity — fe|ro|ci|ty [fəˈrɔsıti US fəˈra: ] n [U] the state of being extremely violent and severe ferocity of ▪ Detectives were shocked by the ferocity of the attack …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • ferocity — [[t]fərɒ̱sɪti[/t]] N UNCOUNT The ferocity of something is its fierce or violent nature. The armed forces seem to have been taken by surprise by the ferocity of the attack. Syn: violence …   English dictionary

  • ferocity — fe|roc|i|ty [ fə rasəti ] noun uncount violence or extreme force: the ferocity of the attack …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • ferocity — UK [fəˈrɒsətɪ] / US [fəˈrɑsətɪ] noun [uncountable] violence or extreme force the ferocity of the attack …   English dictionary

  • ferocity — ferocious ► ADJECTIVE 1) savagely fierce, cruel, or violent. 2) informal very great; extreme. DERIVATIVES ferociously adverb ferociousness noun ferocity noun. ORIGIN from Latin ferox fierce …   English terms dictionary

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