FromMiddle English wild wilde Old English wilde Proto-West Germanic *wilþī Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- ( “ hair, wool, grass, ear (of corn), forest ” ) .
wild (comparative wilder superlative wildest
Untamed domesticated ; specifically, in an unbroken line of undomesticated animals (as opposed toferal , referring to undomesticated animals whose ancestors were domesticated).Antonym: tame c. 1527–1542 Thomas Wyatt , “Who so list to hounte”, inEgerton MS 2711 [1] page 7v :noli me tangere for Ceſars I amewylde for to hold though I ſeme tame
c. 1603–1606 William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of King Lear ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act II, scene iv] :Winter's not gone yet, if thewild geese fly that way.
1637 John Milton , “Lycidas ”, inPoems of Mr. John Milton, [ … ] [ … ] Ruth Raworth forHumphrey Mosely , [ … ] 1646 ,→OCLC page58 :Thee Shepherd, thee the Woods, and deſert caves, / Withwilde Thyme and the gadding Vine o'regrown,
1950 Railway Magazine , page ii (advertisement):Their flowers range from the rather formal blossoming of outer London to thewilder flowering of the country, where willow-herb and broom, traveller's joy and campion, go rioting over the chalky banks of the Metropolitan Line.
2013 David Van Tassel ,Lee DeHaan , “Wild Plants to the Rescue ”, inAmerican Scientist 101 , number 3:Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[ …] wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.
Przewalski's horses are the only remainingwild horses.
From or relating to wild creatures.wild honey
Unrestrained uninhibited .I was filled withwild rage when I discovered the infidelity, and punched a hole in the wall.
Raucous unruly , orlicentious .The fraternity was infamous for itswild parties, which frequently resulted in police involvement.
2022 August 10, Philip Haigh, “Scotland switched on to electrification”, inRAIL , number963 , page35 :Those most rural routes will not get overhead wires. As Reeve told the seminar: "Even in mywildest dreams, I can't see a business case for electrifying the Far North Line."
( electrical engineering ) unregulated andvarying frequency .The aircraft's navigational equipment should not be powered from thewild AC bus except in an emergency, as its computers can be damaged by variations in electrical frequency.
Visibly and overtlyanxious ;frantic .2011 August 7, Chris Bevan, “Man City 2-3 Man Utd ”, inBBC Sport :City, in contrast, were lethargic in every area of the pitch and their main contribution in the first half-hour was to keep referee Phil Dowd busy, with Micah Richards among four of their players booked early on, in his case for awild lunge on Young.
Her mother waswild with fear when she didn't return home after the party.
Furious angry .Disheveled tangled , oruntidy .After a week on the trail without a mirror, my hair waswild and dirty.
Enthusiastic I'm notwild about the idea of a two day car trip with my nephews, but it's my only option.
Veryinaccurate ; faroff the mark .The novice archer fired awild shot and hit her opponent's target.
Exposed wind andsea ;unsheltered .awild roadstead
( nautical , of a vessel) Hard steer .( mathematics , of aknot ) finite closed polygonal chain .Antonym: tame ( slang ) Amazing ,awesome ,unbelievable .Did you hear? Pat won the lottery! — Wow, that'swild !
Able to stand in for others, e.g. a card in games, or a text character in computer pattern matching.In this card game, aces arewild : they can take the place of any other card.
2009 Genetic Programming: 12th European Conference :We define a pattern as a valid GP subtree that might containwild characters [i.e.wildcards ] in any of its nodes. Of anaudio recording : intended to besynchronized withfilm orvideo butrecorded separately .awild track;wild sound American wild plum Asian wild horse buck wild common wild oat deuces wild go wild half-wild hog-wild in the wild Mongolian wild horse run wild semi-wild sow wild oats sow one's wild oats take a walk on the wild side walk on the wild side wild allspice (Lindera benzoin wild almond wild and woolly wild and wooly wild aneth (Meum athamanticum wild-animal wild animal wild as a Tuckernuck steer wild as a wet hen wild asparagus wild-ass wild ass wild bachelor's button wild bachelor's-button wild balsam apple (Echinopepon wrightii wild basil wild bergamot wild blueberry wild boar (Sus scrofa wild buckwheat wild bugloss wild cabbage wild cane wild card wildcard wild-card wild carrot (Daucus carota wildcat (Felis silvestris Lynx rufus wildcat strike wildcatter wild-cat wild cat wild celery wild chamomile (Matricaria discoidea Tripleurospermum inodorum wild cherry (Prunus avium Prunus serotina wild chicory wild child wild cotton wildcrafting wild cucumber wild cumin (Bunium bulbocastanum wild custard apple wild dill (Meum athamanticum wild dog wild drake wild duck wildebeest (Connochaetes wild eggplant wild elder (Sambucus Nuxia floribunda wilden wild endive wilder wilderness wildest wild-eyed wild feed wildfire wildflower wild flower wildfowl wild foxtail millet wild garlic wild geranium (Geranium maculatum wild ginger wild goat wild goose wild-goose plum wild guess wild haggis wild hair wild horse wild hyacinth wild indigo wilding wild ipecacuanha wild Irishman (Isopogon ceratophyllus wildish wild land wild leek wild lettuce (Lactuca virosa wild licorice wild life wildlife wild lily-of-the-valley wild line wild loquat wildly wild mammee wild mangosteen wild man syndrome wild man wild-man wild marjoram (Origanum vulgare wild mint wild mustard (Sinapis arvensis subsp.arvensis Brassica kaber wildness wild oat wild oats wild olive wild onion wild orange wild out wild ox wild pansy wild passionfruit wild pieplant (Rumex hymenosepalus wild pig wild pigeon wild pig syndrome wild pink (Silene caroliniana Dianthus sect.Fimbriatum wild pitch wild plantain (Heliconia wild plum wild potato wild purslane (Portulaca oleracea wild radish wild rhubarb (Rumex hymenosepalus wild rice (Zizania wild river wild rosemary wild rue wild rye (Elymus Leymus wild service tree wild soursop wild Spaniard (Aciphylla colensol Aciphylla squarrosa wild spinach wild stonecrop wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca wildstyle wild succory (Cichorium intybus wild Syrian rue (Peganum harmala wild thing wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum wild tobacco (Nicotiana rustica wild track wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo wild turmeric (Curcuma aromatica wild type wild-type wild vanilla (Vanilla planifolia wild weasel wild wee Wild West wildwood wild yam not domesticated or tamed
Afrikaans:wild (af) Albanian:egër (sq) Arabic:مُتَوَحِّش (ar) ( mutawaḥḥiš ) ,بَرِّيّ (ar) ( barriyy ) Egyptian Arabic:شموس ( šamūs ) ,بري ( bárri ) South Levantine Arabic:بري ( bárri ) Armenian:վայրի (hy) ( vayri ) Aromanian:ayru aghru Assamese:বনৰীয়া ( bonoria ) ,জংঘলী ( zoṅgholi ) ,বনজ ( bonoz ) Asturian:montés (ast) ,salvaxe (ast) Azerbaijani:vəhşi (az) Belarusian:дзі́кі ( dzíki ) Bikol Central:maulam Bulgarian:див (bg) ( div ) Catalan:salvatge (ca) Chickasaw:imilhlha Chinese:Mandarin:野生 的( yěshēng de ) ,野 的( yě de ) Czech:divoký (cs) Danish:vild Dutch:wild (nl) Estonian:metsik Finnish:villi (fi) ,kesytön (fi) ,villi - French:sauvage (fr) Friulian:salvadi Galician:salvaxe (gl) ,fero (gl) ,bravo (gl) Georgian:ველური ( veluri ) German:wild (de) Gothic:𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 ( wilþeis ) ,𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 ( haiþiwisks ) Greek:άγριος (el) ( ágrios ) Ancient:ἄγριος ( ágrios ) Guaraní:ñarõ Haitian Creole:sovaj Hebrew:בַּר (he) ( bar ) ,פֶּרֶא (he) ( pére ) Hindi:जंगली (hi) ( jaṅglī ) Hungarian:vad (hu) Icelandic:villtur (is) Ido:sovaja (io) Ingrian:diikkoi villi Italian:selvaggio (it) ,selvatico (it) ,brado (it) Japanese:野生 の( やせいの, yasei no ) Kapampangan:lasip Kazakh:жабайы ( jabaiy ) Korean:야생 의( yasaeng'ui ) ,길들여지지 않은 ( gildeuryeojiji aneun ) Kumyk:вагьши ( wahşi ) ,къыр ( qır ) ,къолгъа уьйренмеген ( qolğa üyrenmegen ) ,авлакъ ( awlaq ) ,адамсыз ( adamsız ) ,бош ( boş ) къоркъунчлу ( qorqunçlu ) ,къутургъан ( quturğan ) ,башсыз ( başsız ) ,тамаша ( tamaşa ) ,тюрлю ( türlü ) ,чыгъынсыз ( çığınsız ) ,уялчан ( uyalçan ) ,мююшбаш ( müyuşbaş ) Kyrgyz:жапайы (ky) ( japayı ) Lao:ປ່າ ( pā ) Latin:ferōx (la) ,ferus (la) ,silvestris (la) Latvian:mežonīgs meža (lv) Lithuanian:laukinis Livonian:mõtsāli mõtsā- Lü:please add this translation if you can Luxembourgish:wëll (lb) Macedonian:див ( div ) Malay:liar (ms) Malayalam:വന്യ (ml) ( vanya ) ,കാട്ട് (ml) ( kāṭṭŭ ) Maore Comorian:nyeha Maori:kuwao taewao mohoao tūwā ( of a plant ) ,pāwhara Mauritian Creole:sovaz Mon:ဂြိုပ် (mnw) Mongolian:зэрлэг (mn) ( zerleg ) Norwegian:vill (no) Occitan:salvatge (oc) ,sauvatge (oc) Old English:wilde Old Prussian:pausts m , pausto f , paustan n Persian: دد (fa) ( dad ) ,وحشی (fa) ( vahši ) Polabian:dai̯vĕ Polish:dziki (pl) Portuguese:selvagem (pt) ,silvestre (pt) ,bravio (pt) Quechua:sallqa purun k'ita Romanian:sălbatic (ro) Romansch:selvadi salvadi salvatg sulvedi sulvadi Russian:ди́кий (ru) ( díkij ) Sardinian:eremidu spédriu spérdiu Scottish Gaelic:allaidh fiadhaich Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:дивљи дивљачки диваљ необуздан Roman:divlji (sh) ,divljački (sh) ,divalj (sh) ,neobuzdan (sh) Shan:please add this translation if you can Sicilian:sarvaggiu (scn) ,sarbaggiu (scn) Slovak:divoký divý Slovene:divji (sl) Southern Altai:кийик ( kiyik ) ,јерлик ( ǰerlik ) ,эмтик ( emtik ) ,казыр ( kazïr ) ,калју ( kalǰu ) ,ээн ( een ) ,кижи јӱрбеген ( kiži ǰürbegen ) ,ойлоок ( oylook ) Spanish:salvaje (es) ,montaraz (es) Swedish:vild (sv) Tagalog:mailap ligaw maliyap Talysh:vəhşi Tarantino:servagge Tat:vəhşi Telugu:పిచ్చి (te) ( picci ) Thai:ป่า (th) ( bpàa ) Tocharian B:col Turkish:vahşi (tr) ,yabani (tr) Ukrainian:ди́кий ( dýkyj ) Urdu:جنگلی ( jangli ) Venetan:salvadego salbego Vietnamese:hoang dã (vi) Welsh:gwyllt (cy) ,diddofi
unrestrained or uninhibited
raucous, unruly, and savage
Armenian:վայրենի (hy) ( vayreni ) Assamese:বৰ্বৰ ( borror ) Bulgarian:подивял (bg) ( podivjal ) ,неистов (bg) ( neistov ) Catalan:salvatge (ca) Chamicuro:matitu Chickasaw:imilhlha Chinese:Mandarin:野狂 Danish:vild Dutch:wild (nl) Esperanto:sovaĝa Finnish:raju (fi) ,villi (fi) ,hillitön (fi) ,hurja (fi) French:sauvage (fr) Galician:fero (gl) ,salvaxe (gl) German:wild (de) Greek:ανήμερος (el) ( anímeros ) Ancient:ἄγριος ( ágrios ) Hebrew:פֶּרֶא (he) ( pére ) Hungarian:vad (hu) Ido:sovaja (io) Irish:fiáin amhsach Italian:selvaggio (it) Latin:ferus (la) ,saevus crudelis immanis Macedonian:ра́зузден ( rázuzden ) ,ра́здивен ( rázdiven ) Maori:tūperepere Norwegian:vill (no) Polish:dziki (pl) Portuguese:selvagem (pt) Romanian:sălbatic (ro) Scottish Gaelic:fiadhaich Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:диваљ разуздан Roman:divalj (sh) ,razuzdan (sh) Spanish:salvaje (es) ,fiero (es) Thai:เถื่อน (th) ( tʉ̀ʉan )
wild (notcomparable )
Inaccurately ; noton target .The javelin flewwild and struck a spectator, to the horror of all observing.
( of anaudio recording ) synchronized withfilm orvideo butrecorded separately .Let's record itwild .
wild (plural wilds
( singular, with "the" ) undomesticated state of awild animal .After mending the lion's leg, we returned him to thewild .
( chiefly in theplural ) wilderness .1730–1774 ,Oliver Goldsmith ,Introductory to Switzerland Thus every good his nativewilds impart wild (third-person singular simple present wilds present participle wilding simple past and past participle wilded
( intransitive , slang ) assault ,robbery , andrape in anurban setting , especially as agang .1989 April 22, David E. Pitt, “Jogger's Attackers Terrorized at Least 9 in 2 Hours”, inNew York Times , page 1:...Chief of Detectives Robert Colangelo, who said the attacks appeared unrelated to money, race, drugs, or alcohol, said that some of the 20 youths brought in for questioning has told investigators that the crime spree was the product of a pastime called "wilding ".wilding .' In my mind at this point, it implies that they were going to raise hell."...
1999,Busta Rhymes (Trevor Taheim Smith, Jr.),Iz They Wildin Wit Us? (song)Now is theywildin with us / And getting rowdy with us. ( intransitive , slang ) (In the formwilding orwildin' ) To act in astrange orunexpected way.2021 April 6, Shirley Ju, “The New Voice of Brooklyn is Here To 'Drench 'Em'”, inFlaunt Magazine [2] the original on7 September 2022 :They had a big influence on me. They had a big influence on Brooklyn period. I like the nonsense. [laughs] They werewildin' . Everyone in Brooklyn was liking that shit. They'rewildin' . Their story in the stu, it gets deep.
2021 October 14, Jack Beresford, “Hospital Security Guard 'Heartbroken' After Being Fired Over Viral Video Confrontation”, inNewsweek [3] Kinsey posted a clip of the incident alongside a caption that reads: "Damn the ER in Tulsa bewildin' ."
2022 April 20, A. Sherrod Blakely, “The Neverending Disappointment of Kyrie Irving”, inBleacher Report [4] The Ringer's Culture/NBA writer Wosney Lambre said it best: "I think it's a bad look for the players to bewilding on the fans like this. Fair or not, the players are held to a higher standard of decorum than the loser fans. It is what it is."
wild (plural wilds
Alternative form ofweald FromDutch wild Middle Dutch wilt Old Dutch *wildi Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz
wild (attributive wilde comparative wilder superlative wildste
wild FromMiddle Dutch wilt Old Dutch wildi Proto-West Germanic *wilþī Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz
wild (comparative wilder superlative wildst
wild wild n ( uncountable
game ( food; animals hunted for meat ) wildlife wilderness Inherited fromMiddle High German wilde Old High German wildi Proto-West Germanic *wilþī Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz
wild (strong nominative masculine singular wilder comparative wilder superlative am wildesten
wild ( of animals, etc. ) ( informal ) wild ,unrestrained ,raucous ( of behavior, parties, etc. ) ( informal ) crazy ,hard tobelieve ( of stories, situations, etc. ) ( obsolete ) strange Synonym: fremd Inherited fromOld High German wildi
wild (comparative wilder superlative wildest
wild FromMiddle Low German wilde Old Saxon wildi Proto-West Germanic *wilþī Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz
CompareEnglish Dutch German wild West Frisian wyld Danish vild
wild (comparative willer superlative willst
wild Positive forms ofwild
gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter all genders predicative he iswild se iswild dat iswild se sündwild partitive een Wills een Wills wat Wills allens Will strong declension nominative wille wille wild wille oblique willen wille wild wille weak declension nominative de wille de wille dat wille de willen oblique den willen de wille dat wille de willen mixed declension nominative en wille/willen en wille en wild/willet (keen) willen oblique en willen en wille en wild/willet (keen) willen
Comparative forms ofwild
gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter all genders predicative he iswiller se iswiller dat iswiller se sündwiller partitive een willers een willers wat willers allens willer strong declension nominative willere willere willer willere oblique willern willere willer willere weak declension nominative de willere de willere dat willere de willern oblique den willern de willere dat willere de willern mixed declension nominative en willere/willeren en willere en willer (keen) willern oblique en willern en willere en willer (keen) willern
Superlative forms ofwild
gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter all genders predicative he is deWillste se is deWillste dat is datWillste se sünd deWillsten strong declension nominative willste willste willst willste oblique willsten willste willst willste weak declension nominative de willste de willste dat willste de willsten oblique den willsten de willste dat willste de willsten mixed declension nominative en willste/willsten en willste en willst (keen) willsten oblique en willsten en willste en willst (keen) willsten
Note: This declension is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.
FromArabic وَلَد ( walad ) .
wild m (plural ulied
offspring 1949 Anton Buttigieg , “Ir-Riħ u l-Bnazzi”, inMill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti :Ħarbat, mewwet dawk id-dwieli,wild il-għaraq tal-ħaddiem, Destroy, kill those vines,offspring of the worker’s sweat, 
