Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FIERCE-NESS
FIERCE-NESS, n.
- Ferocity; savageness. The defect of heat which gives fierceness to our natures. Swift.
- Eagerness for blood; fury; as, the fierceness of a lion or bear.
- Quickness to attack; keenness in anger and resentment. The Greeks are strong, and skillful to their strength, / Fierce to their skill, and to their fierceness valiant. Shak.
- Violence; outrageous passion. His pride and brutal fierceness I abhor. Dryden.
- Vehemence; fury; impetuosity; as, the fierceness of a tempest.
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