"ferocity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fəˈɹɑsɪti/ [General-American], /fəˈɹɒsɪti/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-ferocity.ogg Forms: ferocities [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒsɪti Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French férocité, from Latin ferocitas, from ferox (“fierce”), from ferus (“wild, savage, fierce”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|férocité}} Middle French férocité, {{der|en|la|ferocitas}} Latin ferocitas Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ferocity (countable and uncountable, plural ferocities)
  1. The condition of being ferocious. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Anger Synonyms: ferociousness, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness Derived forms: superferocity Related terms: ferity, ferocious [adjective], fierce Translations (The condition of being ferocious): свирепост (svirepost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), raivokkuus (Finnish), acharnement [masculine] (French), Grausamkeit [feminine] (German), αγριότητα (agriótita) [feminine] (Greek), ferōcitās [feminine] (Latin), saevitia [feminine] (Latin), сви́репост (svírepost) [feminine] (Macedonian), же́стокост (žéstokost) [feminine] (Macedonian), taratutū (Maori), ferocitate [feminine] (Romanian), свирепость (svirepostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "The condition of being ferocious",
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