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vild

/vaɪld/

vild adjective: vile.

Adjective

vild (comparative more vild, superlative most vild)

  1. (obsolete) vile
    • Ye have rooted all the Relicks out / Of that vild Race, and 'stablished my Peace.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 18

Forms of vild

comparativemore vild
superlativemost vild

Origin of vild

As if the past participle of a verb *to vile. See vile (adjective).

Words that rhyme with vild

Questions about vild

What does vild mean?
Vild means vile.
What part of speech is vild?
Vild is an adjective.
How do you pronounce vild?
Vild is pronounced /vaɪld/.

Words near vild in the dictionary

  1. vilayets
  2. vilazodone
  3. Vilcanota
  4. Vilchez
  5. Vilchezes
  6. vild
  7. vildagliptin
  8. vildagliptine
  9. vilde
  10. vile
  11. Vile Parle

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