fierce (2 cf. ‘fierce credulity,’ ‘fierce flattery,’ Ben Jonson)
1.
proud,
haughty
2H6 IV. ix. 45
“he is and cannot brook
hard language.”
2.
wild, extravagant,
excessive
MND. IV. i. 75
“the vexation of a
dream,”
H8 I. i. 54
“ vanities,”
Tim. IV. ii. 30
“the wretchedness that
glory brings us,”
Cym. V. v. 383
“This fierce
abridgement.”
