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单词 ferine
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ferinen.1

Etymology: < French farine farina n.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
Meal.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun]
mealeOE
ferine1538
1538 Aberd. Reg. V. 16 (Jam.) Sewin bollis ferine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

ferineadj.n.2

/ˈfɪərʌɪn/
Etymology: < Latin ferīnus, < fera wild beast. Compare French férin (sense A. 3).
A. adj.
1.
a. Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, a wild animal, or wild animals.
ΚΠ
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 865 Transmigration of Humane Souls there into Ferine Bodies.
1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) V. 230 Some in ferine Venation take Delight.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. xi. 205 That gentle Dalliance, which..passes between Lovers of the Ferine Kind. View more context for this quotation
1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 16 Dogs and cocks..and other ferine combatants.
b. Wild, untamed.
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the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > wild or vicious
wildc725
wrothOE
keenOE
ramagec1300
fell?c1335
furiousc1374
fierce1377
ramageousa1398
eagerc1405
savage1447
naughtyc1460
criminal1477
ill1480
shrewd1509
mankind1519
roidc1540
mad1565
horn-mad1579
fierceful1607
man-keen1607
indomite1617
fellish1638
ferocious1646
ferousa1652
ferinea1676
kwaai1827
skelm1827
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. vii. 202 The only difficulty..is touching those ferine..and untamable Beasts.
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. x. 178 Such as are of a Ferine, not a Domestick Nature.
1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. Pref. p. vi Instinct..like that of the ferine Animals.
2. Of human beings, their actions and attributes: Bestial, beast-like.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [adjective] > animal nature in man
beastlyc1225
beastisha1398
bestiala1398
beast-like1526
brutala1533
brutish1567
animal1581
doggish1594
belluine1618
ferine1640
animalizing1825
animalized1827
1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions xvi. 165 Brutish and unnaturall Desires, which the Philosopher calleth ferine.
1678 J. Norris Coll. Misc. (1699) 305 A man to..suffer the ferine and brutish part to get the Ascendant over that which is Rational and Divine.
1786 J. Clowes tr. E. Swedenborg True Christian Relig. (ed. 2) §588 A man..from his inherent ferine nature would plunder and massacre.
1822 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 26 294 It was necessary to become as ferine as themselves.
absolute.1843 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Heath's Bk. Beauty 198 There are certain colours also of the mind lively enough to excite choler at a distance in the silly and ferine.
3. Of a disease: Malignant. rare.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > violent or severe
grimc900
strongeOE
grievousc1290
burning1393
acutea1398
maliciousa1398
peracutea1398
sorea1400
wicked14..
malign?a1425
vehement?a1425
malignousc1475
angrya1500
cacoethe?1541
eager?1543
virulent1563
malignant1568
raging1590
roaring1590
furious1597
grassant1601
hearty1601
sharp1607
main1627
generous1632
perperacute1647
serious1655
ferine1666
bad1705
severe1725
unfavourable1782
grave1888
1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus x. 103 Thus a ferin Catarrh happens, which through it's corrosive quality oft Ulcerates the Lungs.
1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Ferine, savage. Applied to a very malignant, or violent, or offensive disease.
B. n.2
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A wild beast. (In modern dictionaries.)

Derivatives

ˈferinely adv.
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1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Ferinely.
ˈferineness n.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [noun] > animal sensuality
beastlinessc1400
beastishness1530
beastlihead1579
bestiality1603
brutality1603
beastlihood1612
ferinenessa1676
doggishness1755
animalism1831
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. vii. 197 A conversation with those..would easily assimilate..the next Generation to Barbarism and Ferineness.
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