Definition of ferine Ferine

fe•rine

We found 5 definitions of ferine from 4 different sources.

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What does ferine mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective
ferine - wild and menacing; "a pack of feral dogs"
  feral, savage
  untamed, wild deviating widely from an intended course; "a wild bullet"; "he threw a wild pitch"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • ferine (Adjective)
    Pertaining to wild animals; feral.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • ferine (a.)
    Wild; untamed; savage; as, lions, tigers, wolves, and bears are ferine beasts.
  • ferine (n.)
    A wild beast; a beast of prey.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 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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