wild

Definition

Untamed; not domesticated.

Etymology

From Middle English wild, wilde, from Old English wilde, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair, wool, grass, ear (of corn), forest”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian wyld, Dutch wild, German wild, Danish vild, Swedish vild, Norwegian vill, Icelandic villtur.

Example Sentences

• "Near-synonym: indigenous"
• "Przewalski's horses are the only remaining wild horses, although there are many feral horses throughout the world."
• "In this region, the wild boars can be dangerous, but (perhaps counterintuitively) the feral hogs can be even worse."