semi-feraladj.

Etymology: semi- prefix 1b; compare Latin sēmifer , and see feral adj.², ferine n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: semi-ˈferal.

Half-wild.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > untamed > half-wild

semi-feral1887

1887 Flower in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 774/1 The semiferal pigs of New Granada.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 29 Dec. 4/1 A stag in Warnham Park, one of a semi-feral herd.

Derivatives

ˌseˈmiferine adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [adjective]

wilda1300

bestiala1398

wilderna1400

savagine?a1439

barbaric1490

rudea1530

barbar1535

barbarous1538

pagan1550

uncivil1553

Scythical1559

raw?1573

savaged1583

incivil1586

savage1589

barbarian1591

uncivilized1607

negerous1609

mountainous1613

ruvid1632

ruvidous1632

barbarious1633

incivilizeda1645

alabandical1656

inhumanea1680

tramontane1740

semi-barbarous1798

irreclaimed1814

semi-savage1833

semiferine1854

warrigal1855

sloven1856

semi-barbaric1864

pre-civilized1876

wild and woolly1884

jungle1908

medieval1917

jungli1920

1854 T. Keightley Mythol. Anc. Greece & Italy (ed. 3) 233 The she-dragon Delphýné, a semi-ferine maid.

1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer III. 605 [Achilles] is represented as having owed everything to the peculiar training of Chiron; whose semi-ferine life he shared.

semiferous adj. rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Semiferous, half wilde.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	semi-feral
释义	semi-feraladj. Etymology: semi- prefix 1b; compare Latin sēmifer , and see feral adj.², ferine n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: semi-ˈferal. Half-wild. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > untamed > half-wild semi-feral1887 1887 Flower in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 774/1 The semiferal pigs of New Granada. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 29 Dec. 4/1 A stag in Warnham Park, one of a semi-feral herd. Derivatives ˌseˈmiferine adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [adjective] wilda1300 bestiala1398 wilderna1400 savagine?a1439 barbaric1490 rudea1530 barbar1535 barbarous1538 pagan1550 uncivil1553 Scythical1559 raw?1573 savaged1583 incivil1586 savage1589 barbarian1591 uncivilized1607 negerous1609 mountainous1613 ruvid1632 ruvidous1632 barbarious1633 incivilizeda1645 alabandical1656 inhumanea1680 tramontane1740 semi-barbarous1798 irreclaimed1814 semi-savage1833 semiferine1854 warrigal1855 sloven1856 semi-barbaric1864 pre-civilized1876 wild and woolly1884 jungle1908 medieval1917 jungli1920 1854 T. Keightley Mythol. Anc. Greece & Italy (ed. 3) 233 The she-dragon Delphýné, a semi-ferine maid. 1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer III. 605 [Achilles] is represented as having owed everything to the peculiar training of Chiron; whose semi-ferine life he shared. semiferous adj. rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Semiferous, half wilde. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1656
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