superferocityとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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superferocity (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 superferocities)

1. (rare) The condition of being superferocious.
   • 1916, The Saturday Evening Post, Volume 189‎^[1], G. Graham, page 14:

     Perhaps no Englishman other than Selous understood that desert lion than that boy. What a strange medley of superferocity and inexplicable gentleness!

   • 1936, Smithsonian Institution, Board of Regents, Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution‎^[2], Smithsonian Institution, page 262:

     Then read the awful tales of superferocity served up for world-wide consumption by the very people so well armed that the that they can interfere and disturb as freely as they like in absolute safety.

   • 1999, Robert A. F. Thurman, Tad Wise, Circling the Sacred Mountain: A Spiritual Adventure Through the Himalayas‎^[3], Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 193:

     When we invoke gods of superferocity that scare Death to death, we're not only talking on some grand level, we are also working on taking that little triumph in the day that when you get rid of your self-involvement and just release yourself into your play or work.