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fierce

/ˈfɪəs/FIRS
/ˈfɪɹs/FIRS

Meaningwild

Common meaning: violent and savage

Journey through time

  1. Latinferus‘wild, untamed’
  2. Frenchfers
  3. Middle Englishferssource
  4. Englishfierce‘violent and savage’ · today

fierc also in: feral

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin ferus ‘wild, untamed’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry ferus, p. 741 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • ferus Latin “wild, untamed”

Related words

feral

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