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Definition of Feral
1. Adjective. Wild and menacing. "A pack of feral dogs"
Definition of Feral
1. a. Wild; untamed; ferine; not domesticated; -- said of beasts, birds, and plants.
2. a. Funereal; deadly; fatal; dangerous.
Definition of Feral
1. Adjective. Wild, untamed, especially of domesticated animals having returned to the wild. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a person) Contemptible, unruly, misbehaved. ¹
3. Noun. A domesticated animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans. ¹
4. Noun. (Australia colloquial) A contemptible young person, a lout, a person who behaves wildly. ¹
5. Noun. (Australia colloquial) A person who has isolated themselves from the outside world; one living an alternative lifestyle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Feral
1. a wild beast [n -S]
Medical Definition of Feral
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Feral
Literary usage of Feral
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1899)
"... OK LIFE— feral CATS—INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY. TIIK first and chief point of
interest in this chapter is, whether the numerous domesticated varieties of ..."
2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1847)
"... and many limes vicious habits, customs, feral diseases ; because we give so
much way to our appetite, and follow our inclination, like so many beasts. ..."
3. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"No greater hate, more continuate, bitter faction, wars, persecution in all ages,
than for matters of religion, no such feral opposition, father against son, ..."
4. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"No greater Late, more continuate, bitter faction, wars, persecution in al ages,
than for matters of religion, no such feral opposition, father against son, ..."
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