单词 | wildish |
释义 | wildishadj. Somewhat wild; inclining to wildness. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > somewhat wildish1714 the world > the earth > land > landscape > [adjective] > scenic > wild > somewhat wildish1796 1714 London Gaz. No. 5218/3 A Young Man about 22 Years of Age,..a wildish Look. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela (ed. 2) I. xxxi. 127 Harry..is a little wildish they say. 1796 F. Jacson Plain Sense (ed. 2) III. 102 A wildish heath, which was skirted by a thick wood. 1803 W. Wordsworth Stepping Westward 2 'Twould be a wildish destiny If we, who thus together roam In a strange Land, and far from home, Were in this place the guests of Chance. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. viii. v. 346 Prince answers as wildish young fellows will; quizzing my grave self. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms vii She could frighten a wildish cow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1714 |
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