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Definitions for ferine
ˈfɪər aɪn, -ɪnfer·ine
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Princeton's WordNet
feral, ferine, savageadjective
wild and menacing
"a pack of feral dogs"
Wiktionary
ferineadjective
Pertaining to wild animals; feral.
Etymology: From ferinus, from fera.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
FERINEadjective
Wild; savage.
Etymology: ferinus, Latin.
The only difficulty that remains is touching those ferine, noxious, and untameable beasts; as lions, tygers, wolves and bears. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.
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ferine
Ferine refers to qualities or characteristics that are wild, untamed, or savage; typically associated with animals. It can also be used to describe behavior that is brutish, fierce or lacking in civility.
Webster Dictionary
Ferineadjective
wild; untamed; savage; as, lions, tigers, wolves, and bears are ferine beasts
Ferinenoun
a wild beast; a beast of prey
Etymology: [L. ferinus, fr. ferus wild. See Fierce.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Ferine
fē′rin, adj. pertaining to, or like, a wild beast: savage.—n.pl. Feræ (fē′rē), wild animals.—adj. Fē′ral, wild, run wild.—n. Fer′ity, wildness.—Fēræ naturæ, those animals that are wild or not domesticated, including game animals—deer, hares, pheasants, &c. [L. ferinus—fera, a wild beast—ferus; akin to Gr. thēr, Ger. thier, a beast.]
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refine
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ferine in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ferine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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