Definition of "ferity" [fer•i•ty]

• The state of being wild or untamed. (noun)
• The state of being savage; ferocity. (noun)

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• "He finds wildness not only in the woods, but in such literary works as Hamlet and the Iliad; and even in certain forms of society: “The wildness of the savage is but a faint symbol of the awful ferity with which good men and lovers meet”"
• "To burn the bones of the king of Edom for lime, + seems no irrational ferity; but to drink of the ashes of dead relations, + a passionate prodigality."
• "The wildness of the savage is but a faint symbol of the awful ferity with which good men and lovers meet."