feral

Meanings

Adjective

• Wild, untamed,
• Of an animal, being wild but descended from domestic or captive animals.
• Contemptible, unruly, misbehaved.

Noun

• A domesticated animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans.
• A contemptible young person, a lout, a person who behaves wildly.
• A person who has isolated themselves from the outside world; one living an alternative lifestyle.
• A character in furry art or literature which has the physical characteristics (body) of a regular animal (typically quadripedal), that may or may not be able to communicate with humans or anthros (contrasts anthro)

Origin

• Borrowed from Middle French féral, from fer + -al, or borrowed from a Late Latin ferālis, from Latin ferus ("wild").