单词 | ferine |
释义 | † ferinen.1 Scottish. Obsolete. rare. Meal. ΘΚΠ 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 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 3. Of a disease: Malignant. rare. ΘΚΠ 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 Thesaurus » Categories » A wild beast. (In modern dictionaries.) Derivatives ˈferinely adv. ΚΠ 1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Ferinely. ˈferineness n. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.11538adj.n.21640 |
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