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Word entry · 4 letters

wild

Best crossword clue

"Not domesticated"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈwaɪ̯ld/Part of speech adverb, adjective, nounSorted dilwStarts with WEnds with D2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. in a wild or undomesticated manner

Word origin

From Middle English weilde, wield, wielde, wijlde, wild, wilde, wyld, wylde, wyled, wyyld, from Old English wilde, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair; wool”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Not domesticated4 letters
02Untamed4 letters

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