ferine

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The sort of ferine reputation which he had acquired for himself abroad prevented numbers, of course, of his countrymen, whom he would have most cordially welcomed, from seeking his acquaintance.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas

In that moment, she was a throw-back of a million years, and through her veins fumed the ferine blood of her paleolithic forebears.

From The Gun-Brand by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

This does not mean that the result in either case is an all around and consistent rehabilitation of the ferine or barbarian habit of mind and body.

From Theory of the Leisure Class by Veblen, Thorstein

"Old longings nomadic leap, Chafing at custom's chain; Again from its brumal sleep Wakens the ferine strain."

From The Call of the Wild by London, Jack

The Here, the Now, the vast Forlorn around us; The gold-delirium, the ferine strife; The lusts that lure us on, the hates that hound us; Our red rags in the patch-work quilt of Life.

From Ballads of a Cheechako by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)