FEROCIENT

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ETYMOLOGY
from Latin ferōcientem, pr. pple. of ferōcīre, from ferox fierce

EXAMPLE
From: Magnalia Christi Americana:
Or, The Ecclesiastical History of New England
From Its First Planting in the Year 1620. unto the Year of our Lord, 1698
By the Reverend Cotton Mather,  Book II, 1702