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feral

  • adjective
  • fer·al
  • /ˈfɛɹəl/

Of an animal, wild but descended from domestic or captive ancestors; thus, in the wild, although not necessarily of the wild type.

Other meanings

  1. Having the characteristics of an animal; animal-like.

  2. Of a person, contemptible; unruly; misbehaved.

Word history

From Latin "ferālis".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “feral” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.