wild

English

/waɪld/

adj
Definitions
  • Untamed; not domesticated; specifically, in an unbroken line of undomesticated animals (as opposed to feral, referring to undomesticated animals whose ancestors were domesticated).
  • From or relating to wild creatures.
  • Unrestrained or uninhibited.
  • Raucous, unruly, or licentious.
  • Visibly and overtly anxious; frantic.
  • Disheveled, tangled, or untidy.
  • Enthusiastic.
  • Inaccurate.
  • Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered.
  • (nautical) Hard to steer; said of a vessel.
  • (mathematics) Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
  • (slang) Amazing, awesome, unbelievable.
  • Able to stand in for others, e.g. a card in games, or a text character in computer pattern matching.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wild inherited from Old English wilde (wild) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz (wild) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (turn, wind, see, roll, twist, round, turn around, press together, death in battle, killed in battle, wool, grass, bend, best, good, revolve, hair, ear, forest).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wel-

Gloss

turn, wind, see, roll, twist, round, turn around, press together, death in battle, killed in battle, wool, grass, bend, best, good, revolve, hair, ear, forest

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

森

Emoji
🙃

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