fiercity

Examples of fiercity in a sentence

• The fiercity of the fighting may be judged from the fact that the railroad station changed hands twice in the twenty minutes preceding the filing of this dispatch.1921 March 25, Salina Evening Journal, volume 36, number 72, Salina, Kan., page one:
• It is servicemen like Henry Clay of Clovis who can attest to the fiercity of the fighting that went into the Meade River Operation.1968 December 29, Ernie Mills, “Vietnam Visit …: ‘… Those Who Serve’”, in New Mexican, 120th year, number 29, Santa Fe, N.M., page A5:
• When she went to the big room with her father, she was frightened by the fiercity of the storm and the way the driving snow blotted out everything.1975 April 17, Mr. Ed, “From The Horse’s Mouth”, in The Edgar Sun, volume 70, number 16, Edgar, Neb., page 2:
• They lost many a fight to the often mysterious fiercity of consumption, typhoid fever, pneumonia, dropsy and other sicknesses.1976 July 4, “First doctors often last hope of the sick”, in Denton Record-Chronicle, 73rd year, number 289, Denton, Tex., page 18I:

Synonyms of fiercity

• fierceness

Origin of fiercity

From fierce + -ity.

Questions about fiercity

What does fiercity mean?

Fiercity means the quality of being fierce.

How do you use fiercity in a sentence?

The fiercity of the fighting may be judged from the fact that the railroad station changed hands twice in the twenty minutes preceding the filing of this dispatch.

What part of speech is fiercity?

Fiercity is a noun.