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

Who, within his inner consciousness, does not feel that same ferine, savage man struggling against the stern, adamantine bonds of morality and decorum?

From Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates; fiction, fact & fancy concerning the buccaneers & marooners of the Spanish main by Pyle, Howard

"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 only ferine companions we now had were a few hardy quadrupeds and birds, capable of enduring the winter.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

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)