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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fe•ral1 (fēr′əl, fer′-),USA pronunciation adj. - Ecologyexisting in a natural state, as animals or plants;
not domesticated or cultivated;
wild. - Animal Behaviorhaving reverted to the wild state, as from domestication:a pack of feral dogs roaming the woods.
- of or characteristic of wild animals;
ferocious;
brutal.
- Medieval Latin, Late Latin ferālis bestial, wild, equivalent. to Latin fer(a) wild beast + -ālis -al1
- 1595–1605
- causing death;
fatal. - funereal;
gloomy.
- Latin fērālis of the dead, funerary, fatal
- 1615–25
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: feral /ˈfɪərəl ˈfɛr-/ adj - Also: ferine (of animals and plants) existing in a wild or uncultivated state, esp after being domestic or cultivated
- Also: ferine savage; brutal
Etymology: 17th Century: from Medieval Latin ferālis, from Latin fera a wild beast, from ferus savage |