| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Wildness; savageness; fierceness.[Websters]. | |
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"FERITY" is a common misspelling or typo for: verity. |
Date "FERITY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1643. (references) |
| Etymology:Ferity \Fer"i*ty\, noun. [Latin expression feritas, from ferus wild.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FERITY
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| Noah Webster | [Noun] Wildness, savageness; cruelty.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Noun] The quality or fact of being wild or in a wild state; wildness, brutishness. 1658: To burn the bones of the King of Edom for Lyme, seems no irrationall ferity — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 29). (references) | ||
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