tameless

[ teym-lis ]

/ ˈteɪm lɪs /

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adjective

untamed or untamable.

Origin of tameless

First recorded in 1590–1600; tame + -less

OTHER WORDS FROM tameless

tame·less·ly, adverbtame·less·ness, noun

Words nearby tameless

tambura, tamburitza, Tamburlaine, tame, tameable, tameless, Tamerlane, Tameside, Tamiflu, Tamil, Tamil Eelam

Example sentences from the Web for tameless

His whole person, bearing, and frame bore out the impression of a tameless spirit.
A Woman of Thirty|Honore de Balzac
The Goths, accustomed for generations to their tameless freedom, have not acquired the habit of obedience to the laws.
Theodoric the Goth|Thomas Hodgkin
Make but appeal to the spirit—the proud and tameless spirit—and how the flesh answered!
The Marriage of William Ashe|Mrs. Humphry Ward
His only virtues were courage and patience, but they were counterbalanced by a tameless ferocity.
The Walls of Constantinople|Bernard Granville Baker

A man has written of an old Tartar that he was a tameless gorilla—a gorilla without a tame!
An Outline of English Speech-craft|William Barnes