Ferine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈfɪəɹaɪn/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ferine is an adjective meaning (now rare) Pertaining to wild, menacing animals; feral.
Meaning
(now rare) Pertaining to wild, menacing animals; feral.
More Meanings
- (zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the proposed taxon of bats, carnivorans, and insectivorans.
- (zoology, obsolete) A member of the proposed taxon of bats, carnivorans, and insectivorans.
Example Sentences
the season of rutting (an uncouth phrase, by which the vulgar denote that gentle dalliance, which in the well-wooded forest of Hampshire, passes between lovers of the ferine kind) […]
Word Forms
- ferines
Synonyms for ferine
Depending on context, synonyms include indomite, savage, tameless, uplandish, untamed, wild.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wolfish, fell, animalistic, fiendly, half-wild, ferretlike.
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