efferous
wild like a beast; fierce or ferocious
Adjective
- wild like a beast; fierce or ferocious
- From the teeth of that efferous beast, from the tusk of the wild boar, – O Thou, that art the root and generation of David, preserve our root and all his generation. - 1614, John King, Vitis Palatina:
Origin
From Latin efferus (“savage”), from ex (“intensifier”) + ferus (“wild”). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin fer- + -ous.