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adjective
Feral  adj.  Funereal; deadly; fatal; dangerous. (R.) "Feral accidents."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Feral" Quotes from Famous Books



... able writer on dogs, does not acknowledge some of these wild races, but thinks they are what he calls feral, or domestic dogs which have regained their liberty, and have subsisted for many generations on their own intelligence. To these he refers the Natolians and Aguaras; but there can be no doubt concerning the feral nature of the dog of ...
— Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals • R. Lee

... foredone, now, now it irks me sore!" Whenas from out those roseate lips these accents rapid flew, Bore them to ears divine consigned a Nuncio true and new; 75 Then Cybebe her lions twain disjoining from their yoke The left-hand enemy of the herds a-goading thus bespoke:— "Up feral fell! up, hie with him, see rage his footsteps urge, See that his fury smite him till he seek the forest verge, He who with over-freedom fain would fly mine empery. 80 Go, slash thy flank with lashing tail and sense the strokes of thee, Make the ...
— The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus • Caius Valerius Catullus

... sires Is lost; thy high heroic crest Oblivion and inglorious rest Have torn with rude rapacious hand; And apathy usurps the land. Lo! silent as the lapse of time Sink to the earth thy towers sublime; Where whilom harp'd the minstrel throng, The night-owl pours her feral song: For ever sinks blest Cambria's fame, By ignorance, and sword, and flame Laid with the dust, amidst her woes The taunt of her ungenerous foes; For ever sleeps her warlike praise, ...
— The Poetry of Wales • John Jenkins

... fierce, terrible, feral elation running through the mind of the Lady May as she finished her kill. It was always disappointing to the cats to find out that their enemies whom they sensed as gigantic space Rats disappeared at the ...
— The Game of Rat and Dragon • Cordwainer Smith



Words linked to "Feral" :   wild, feral man



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