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Answer for the clue "Wild ", 6 letters:
ferine
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Word definitions for ferine in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context now rare English) Pertaining to wild, menacing animals; feral.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"wild, in a state of nature," 1630s, from Latin ferinus "pertaining to wild animals," from fera "a wild beast, wild animal" (see fierce ).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. wild and menacing; "a ferocious dog" [syn: feral , savage ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ferine \Fe"rine\, a. [L. ferinus, fr. ferus wild. See Fierce .] Wild; untamed; savage; as, lions, tigers, wolves, and bears are ferine beasts. --Sir M. Hale. -- n. A wild beast; a beast of prey. -- Fe"rine*ly , adv. -- Fe"rine*ness , n.
Usage examples of ferine.
There was a silence of some seconds, and his yellow ferine gaze met hers strangely.
It was ferine and spectral, and so tremendously violent, that the long attorney, expecting nothing of the sort, was thrown out of his balance against the chimneypiece.
Who, within his inner consciousness, does not feel that same ferine, savage man struggling against the stern, adamantine bonds of morality and decorum?