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Webster 1913 Edition

Ferocity

Fe-roc′i-ty

,

Noun.

[L.

ferocitas

, fr.

ferox

,

-ocis

, fierce, kin to

ferus

wild: cf. F.

ferocité

. See

.]

Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty;

as,

ferocity

of countenance

.

The pride and

ferocity

of a Highland chief.

Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ferocity

FEROC'ITY

,

Noun.

[L. ferocitas.]

1.

Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as the ferocity of barbarians.

2.

Fierceness indicating a savage heart; as ferocity of countenance.