feral
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feral¹
- /ˈfɛɹəl/ UK
- /ˈfɪəɹəl/ UK
- /ˈfɛɹəl/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈfɪːɹəl/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈfɛɹəl/ US
- /ˈfɪɹəl/ US
- /ˈfeɹəl/ Australia
- /ˈfɪəɹəl/ Australia
- /ˈfeɹəl/ New Zealand
- /ˈfiəɹəl/ New Zealand
- /ˈfɛɾəl/ Scotland
- /ˈfiɾəl/ Scotland
Sounds like ferrule, ferryl, Farrell (one pronunciation, Mary–marry–merry merger) · Rhymes with -ɛɹəl, -ɪəɹəl
Where it comes from
From Latin fera (“wild beast”, noun) + -al or Latin ferus (“wild; savage; cruel”, adjective) + -al. Alternatively, borrowed from Middle French féral or Late Latin ferālis.
adjective more feral · most feral
- Wild; untamed. 1876 Statistical, Descriptive, And Historical Account Of The North-Western Provinces Of India. Allahabad: North-Western Provinces' Government Press 1876. p XIV, Agra Division The spotted deer, in a truly feral state, has very much the same distribution in Bundelkhand as the sambar, but it is more nu
- Of an animal, wild but descended from domestic or captive ancestors; thus, in the wild, although not necessarily of the wild type. In this region, the wild boars can be dangerous, but (perhaps counterintuitively) the feral hogs can be even worse.
- Having the characteristics of an animal; animal-like. There were about fifty tables and the customers were packed in like black olives in a jar. It was hot and the air was thick with smoke and the sweet, feral smell of two hundred negro bodies.
- Of a person, contemptible; unruly; misbehaved. This consideration doth afford us no small light in conceiving and judging the manners and qualifications of persons, as hath been observed, that those that have impressions of grapes, or signals of vines on their bodies, are addicted to drunkenness, those who have resemblance on their bodies, or in
- Behaving in an out-of-control way due to enthrallment with a certain thought, behavior, person, etc. Miners fans have been going absolutely feral over you, [and] you're also disgustingly talented. People want you to play for them! You had Canadians bitching about you being American born the first time you played for Team USA.
- That is a feral character; zoomorphic.
noun ferals
- A domesticated (non-human) animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans. Although it is not difficult to induce domestic pigeons to nest in boxes fixed to trees, London′s ferals are not yet acclimatized to arboreal holes.
- A contemptible young person, a lout, a person who behaves wildly.
- A person who has isolated themselves from the outside world; one living an alternative lifestyle. The intolerance which was directed towards us during the early years has now shifted to ‘the ferals’ who embrace a new version of nonconformist behaviour that even some of us in their parent′s generation — the Aquarian settlers — don′t like. The ferals are the scapegoats for the drug problems here,
- A furry character in art or literature which has the appearance of a regular animal (typically quadrupedal), that may or may not be able to communicate with humans or "anthros". The story is about a group of ferals which have to explore the ruins of society after the humans die out.
feral²
Where it comes from
From Latin fērālis (“funereal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s (“god, sacred place”).
adjective more feral · most feral
- Deadly, fatal.
- Of or pertaining to the dead, funereal.
feral³
Where it comes from
Homophone.
noun
- Misspelling of ferrule.ferrule
