See Also: ferine(dictionary)

ferine (iou)



ferine adjective. M17.
[Latin ferinus, from fera: see FERAL adjective2, -INE1.]
Bestial. M17.
J. Norris To..suffer the ferine and brutish part to get the Ascendant over that which is Rational and Divine.
b. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a wild animal; untamed, savage. L17.
J. S. Blackie Dogs and cocks..and other ferine combatants.
Of a disease: malignant. rare. M17.