ferocity

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The condition of being ferocious.

   Near-synonyms: fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence

2. 2
   noun

   the property of being wild or turbulent

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French férocité, from Latin ferocitas, from ferox (“fierce”), from ferus (“wild, savage, fierce”).