Wednesday, February 23

i ♥ being wild

wild:
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wild/wʌɪld/
▶adjective

* 1 (of animals or plants) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.

* 2 (of a place or region) uninhabited, uncultivated, or inhospitable.

■ (of people) not civilized; barbarous.

■ (of looks, appearance, etc.) indicating distraction.

* 3 uncontrolled; unrestrained.

■ informal very enthusiastic or excited.

■ informal very angry.

* 4 not based on sound reasoning or probability: a wild guess.

▶noun (the wild) a natural state or uncultivated or uninhabited region.

■ (the wilds) a remote area.
– phrases
run wild grow or behave without restraint or discipline.
wild and woolly uncouth or rough.
– derivatives
wildish adjective,
wildly adverb,
wildness noun.
– origin OE wilde, of Gmc origin.

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