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efferous

/ˈɛfəɹəs/

efferous adjective: wild like a beast; fierce or ferocious.

Adjective

efferous (comparative more efferous, superlative most efferous)

  1. (obsolete) wild like a beast; fierce or ferocious
    • From the teeth of that efferous beast, from the tusk of the wild boar, – O Thou, that art the root and generation of David, preserve our root and all his generation.1614, John King, Vitis Palatina

Forms of efferous

comparativemore efferous
superlativemost efferous

Origin of efferous

From Latin efferus (“savage”), from ex (“intensifier”) + ferus (“wild”). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin fer- + -ous.

Questions about efferous

What does efferous mean?
Efferous means wild like a beast; fierce or ferocious.
What part of speech is efferous?
Efferous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce efferous?
Efferous is pronounced /ˈɛfəɹəs/.

Words near efferous in the dictionary

  1. efferocytose
  2. efferocytosis
  3. efferocytotic
  4. efferosome
  5. efferosomes
  6. efferous
  7. effers
  8. Effertz
  9. Effertzes
  10. effervesce
  11. effervesced

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