superferocious

English

Alternative forms

• super-ferocious

Etymology

super- +‎ ferocious

Adjective

superferocious (comparative more superferocious, superlative most superferocious)

1. (rare) Extremely ferocious; of tremendous ferocity.
   • 1948, Collier's, Volume 122‎^[1], Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, page 93:

     A cat becomes ultraplacid when part of its forebrain is removed, and superferocious when all the forebrain is removed.

   • 1950, New Times‎^[2], Newspaper "Trud", page 17:

     It was conjectured that the likeliest candidate was the superferocious General Bradley.

   • 1996, Warren DeBoer, Warren R. DeBoer, Traces Behind the Esmeraldas Shore‎^[3], University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 117:

     The Chachi and blacks think in a related manner and populate their arboreal surroundings with all sorts of creatures: gigantic snakes, superferocious jaguars, anthropormorphic giants and dwarfs, ogres and nymphs --- generally sinister beings that devour the flesh, steal the soul, hurl death-dealing, or seduce the unwary away from cultural proprieties.