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ferine [ˈfɪəraɪn] adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) another word for feral [from Latin ferīnus, of wild animals, from fera wild beast] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It is our own needful contact with the vital wild that speaks most powerfully in Long's work, in which stone and wood function much as "power objects" do in shamanism: as totems of a universal consciousness, of the munificence of the natural, austere, and ferine, soliciting our devotion with terror and infinite beauty. |
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