ferox
- (declension-3, one-termination) wild, bold, fierce
- (declension-3, one-termination) defiant, arrogant
Opposite of
misericors, mītis, tranquillus, placidus, quietus, clemens, pudēns
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈfɛ.roːks]
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *ferōks, from earlier *xʷerōks, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰweroh₃kʷs (“having the appearance of a wild animal”), from *ǵʰwero- (early Proto-Italic *xʷeros, suffixed form *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”)) + *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).
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