Borrowed from Middle French féral, from fer + -al, or borrowed from a Late Latin fērālis.

• IPA: /ˈfɛɹəl/, /ˈfɪəɹəl/

feral

1. Wild; untamed.
2. (of an animal) Wild but descended from domestic or captive ancestors.
3. (of a person) Contemptible; unruly; misbehaved.
4. (internet slang) Engrossed by a certain thought, behavior, person, etc.

   I am absolutely feral for Reneé Rapp.

• French: féral, marron, cat haret
• German: wild, verwildert
• Italian: selvaggio
• Portuguese: silvestre
• Russian: ди́кий
• Spanish: ferino, feroz, fiero, cimarrón, montaraz, silvestre,

feral (plural ferals)

1. A domesticated animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans.
2. (Australia, colloquial) A contemptible young person, a lout, a person who behaves wildly.
3. (Australia, colloquial) A person who has isolated themselves from the outside world; one living an alternative lifestyle.
   • 2002, Shane Maloney, Something Fishy, published 2003, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=czAlMClj2VoC&pg=PA208&dq=%22ferals%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EntPT-XOJOKuiQK-xaC0Bg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22ferals%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 208]:

     A pod of ferals was moving towards the exit, a half-dozen soap-shy, low-tech, bush-dwelling hippies.

4. (furry subculture) 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)

   The story is about a group of ferals which have to explore the ruins of society after the humans die out.

From Latin fērālis, from itc-pro *fēzālis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s.

feral

1. Deadly, fatal.
2. Of or pertaining to the dead, funereal.