feral
pronunciation
How to pronounce feral in British English:
UK [ˈferəl]
How to pronounce feral in American English:
US [ˈfɪrəl, ˈfɛr-]
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- Adjective:
- wild and menacing
Word Origin
- feral
- feral: see fierce
- feral (adj.)
- c. 1600, "wild, undomesticated," from Middle French feral "wild," from Latin fera, in phrase fera bestia "wild animal," from ferus "wild" (see fierce). Since 19c. commonly "run wild, having escaped from domestication."
Example
- 1. And we 'd have two larger categories : domesticated bots and feral bots .
- 2. Writing in nature communications , the scientists said stray and feral cats were the worst offenders .
- 3. Without coherent leadership in the rebel forces , such a war could be a bloody mess , and the west would be tarred by association with the more feral militias .
- 4. Working with feral fowl in sweden , the scientists found that many matings were forced , as the roosters are twice the size of the hens .
- 5. A herd of feral goats on a tiny unpopulated island in the east china sea live in blissful unawareness of a diplomatic storm brewing around their remote habitat .