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ferocity

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fe⋅roc⋅i⋅ty

  [fuh-ros-i-tee]
–noun
a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness.
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Origin:
1600–10; < L ferōcitās, equiv. to ferōc-, s. of ferōx ferocious + -itās -ity
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fe·roc·i·ty   (fə-rŏs'ĭ-tē)   
n.  The state or quality of being ferocious; fierceness.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

ferocity 
1606, from Fr. férocité, from L. ferocitatem (nom. ferocitas) "fierceness," from ferocis, an oblique case of ferox "fierce, wild-looking," a derivative of ferus "wild" (see fierce) + -ox, -ocem (gen. -ocis), a suffix meaning "looking or appearing" (cognate with Gk. ops "eye, sight"). Ferocious is first recorded 1646.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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