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Webster 1913 Edition


Vild

Vild

,
Adj.
[As if the p. p. of a verb to
vile
. See
Vile
,
Adj.
]
Vile.
[Obs.]
“That vild race.”
Spenser.
Vild′ly
,
adv.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Vild

VILD

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Definition 2024


vild

vild

English

Adjective

vild (comparative more vild, superlative most vild)

  1. (obsolete) vile
    • Edmund Spenser
      Ye have rooted all the Relicks out
      Of that vild Race, and 'stablished my Peace.

Related terms

  • vildly


Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse villr (wild) and Old Saxon wildi, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vild/, [vilˀ]

Adjective

vild

  1. wild
  2. fierce, ferocious
  3. savage

Inflection

Inflection of vild
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular vild vildere vildest2
Neuter singular vildt vildere vildest2
Plural vilde vildere vildest2
Definite attributive1 vilde vildere vildeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse villr (wild) and Old Saxon wildi, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Inflection of vild
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular vild vildare vildast
Neuter singular vilt vildare vildast
Plural vilda vildare vildast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 vilde vildare vildaste
All vilda vildare vildaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

vild

  1. wild
  2. not tame or domesticated

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