Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Very wild or savage; fierce; ferocious: as, an efferous beast.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Like a wild beast; fierce.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Like a
wild beast ;fierce .
Etymologies
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Latin efferus savage; ex (intensifier) + ferus wild.
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hernesheir commented on the word efferous
Cf. ferine.
January 8, 2012