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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
ferocious
 
SYLLABICATION:fe·ro·cious
PRONUNCIATION:  f-rshs
ADJECTIVE:1. Extremely savage; fierce. See synonyms at cruel. 2. Marked by unrelenting intensity; extreme: ferocious heat.
ETYMOLOGY:From Latin ferx, ferc-, fierce. See ghwer- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:fe·rocious·ly —ADVERB
fe·rocious·ness —NOUN
 
 
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