ferocity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the property of being wild or turbulent
    fury; violence; furiousness; wildness; fierceness; vehemence.
    • the storm's violence

WordNet

Fe*roc"i*ty noun
Etymology
L. ferocitas, fr. ferox, -ocis, fierce, kin to ferus wild: cf. F. ferocité. See Fierce.
Definitions
  1. Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of countenance.
    The pride and ferocity of a Highland chief. Macaulay.

Webster 1913