Emily Dickinson Lexicon — FE-ROC'I-TY

Definition for FE-ROC'I-TY

FE-RO'CIOUS-NESS FER'RE-OUS

FE-ROC'I-TY, n. [L. ferocitas.]

Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, the ferocity of barbarians.
Fierceness indicating a savage heart; as, ferocity of countenance.

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