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wildsome

wildsome adjective: characterised or marked by wildness.

Adjective

wildsome (comparative more wildsome, superlative most wildsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by wildness
    • The wildsome, rich, invigorating sound1838, Thomas Eagles, Brendallah, A Poem, Whittaker & Co., section LIX, page 110
    • So by wildsome ways in strange countries and through many waters and valleys rode Martimor forty days, but adventure met him none, blow the wind never so fierce or fickle.2008, Henry Van Dyke, The Blue Flower

Forms of wildsome

comparativemore wildsome
superlativemost wildsome

Origin of wildsome

From wild + -some, perhaps continuing Middle English wyld-som, wyld-some.

Questions about wildsome

What does wildsome mean?
Wildsome means characterised or marked by wildness.
What part of speech is wildsome?
Wildsome is an adjective.

Words near wildsome in the dictionary

  1. wilds
  2. wilds out
  3. wildscape
  4. wildscapes
  5. Wildsmith
  6. wildsome
  7. Wildstein
  8. wildstyle
  9. Wildt
  10. Wildts
  11. wildtype

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