wilding

wild·ing

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [wahyl-ding]
- /ˈwaɪl dɪŋ/
- /ˈwaɪld.ɪŋ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wahyl-ding]
- /ˈwaɪl dɪŋ/

Definitions of wilding word

noun wilding Often, wilds. an uncultivated, uninhabited, or desolate region or tract; waste; wilderness; desert: a cabin in the wild; a safari to the wilds of Africa. 1
adjective wilding living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese. 1
adjective wilding growing or produced without cultivation or the care of humans, as plants, flowers, fruit, or honey: wild cherries. 1
adjective wilding uncultivated, uninhabited, or waste: wild country. 1
adjective wilding uncivilized or barbarous: wild tribes. 1
adjective wilding of unrestrained violence, fury, intensity, etc.; violent; furious: wild strife; wild storms. 1

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Origin of wilding

First appearance:

before 1515

One of the 27% oldest English words

First recorded in 1515-25; wild + -ing3

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Parts of speech for Wilding

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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wilding popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

wilding usage trend in Literature

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