† feˈrocient, a. Obs.
[ad. L. ferōcient-em, pr. pple. of ferōcīre, f. ferox fierce.]
Raging ferociously.
| 1654 H. L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 94 So ferocient it [fire] was, as the Ambassadour..hardly..escaped. 1655–62 H. More Antid. Atheism (1662) 182 [Apostate spirits] that are more ferocient. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. vi. 176 Vitriolate Acidity..able to..coagulate the ferocient Spirits. |