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hyacinth /hīˈə-sinth/ noun- A flower (a bluebell or blue larkspur) that sprang from the blood of Hyacinthus, a youth accidentally killed by Apollo (Gr myth)
- A bulbous genus (Hyacinthus) of the lily family, cultivated
- Extended to others of the family, such as wild hyacinth (the English bluebell), grape hyacinth (genus Muscari), and Cape hyacinth a species of Galtonia (G. candicans) with white flowers
- A blue gemstone of the ancients (perh aquamarine)
- A red, brown or yellow zircon-jacinth
- Cinnamon stone
- A purple colour, of various hues
ORIGIN: Gr hyakinthos a species of Scilla, blue larkspur, or a blue stone; cf jacinth hyacinˈthine adjective - Consisting of or resembling hyacinth
- Very beautiful, like Hyacinthus
- Of a colour variously understood as golden, purple-black, or a blue or purple of some kind
wild1 /wīld/ adjective- Being in a state of nature, not tamed or cultivated
- Of an undomesticated or uncultivated kind
- Uncivilized, savage
- Desolate, rugged, inhospitable, uninhabitable or uninhabited
- Tempestuous
- Violent
- Fierce
- Passionate
- Frantically excited
- Unrestrained, uncontrolled, out of control
- Licentious
- Agitated
- Shy
- Distracted, distraught
- Furious
- Intensely enthusiastic, eager, keen (with about)
- Strong and irrational
- Fantastic
- Crazy, impracticable
- Enjoyable, terrific (slang)
- Disordered, dishevelled
- Unconsidered, rough, random, approximate
- Wide of the mark
- Fresh and natural
- (with cap) applied to the extreme Evangelical party in the Church of Scotland (historical)
- (of a playing card) having any value desired
adverb In a wild manner noun- (also in pl) an uncultivated region
- A wilderness or desert (also figurative)
- An empty region of air or water (poetic)
- (in sing) a wild animal's or plant's natural environment or life in it
ORIGIN: OE wilde; common Gmc word wīldˈing noun - That which grows wild or without cultivation
- A wild crab-apple
- A garden plant self-sown, an escape
- A wild animal
- See go wilding below
adjective Uncultivated or wild wildˈish adjective Somewhat wild wildˈly adverb wildˈness noun wild animals plural noun Undomesticated animals wild ass noun Any of several Asiatic or African asses, such as the onager, living naturally in a wild state wild birds plural noun Birds not domesticated, esp those protected at certain seasons under the Acts of 1880 onwards wild boar noun A wild pig, esp Sus scrofa, from which most domestic pigs are derived wildˈ-born adjective Born in the wild wild card noun - A person allowed to compete in a sports event even though lacking the stipulated qualifications, etc
- (the offering of) such a chance to compete
- A character that can stand for any other character or group of characters in a file, etc (computing)
wildˈcat noun - An undomesticated species of cat (Felis sylvestris) native to Europe
- Any of various small wild animals of the cat family
- The skins of these
- A quick-tempered, fierce person
- A speculative or unsound financial scheme (US)
- Someone who takes part in such a scheme (US)
- An exploratory oil well (US)
adjective - (of a business scheme, etc) haphazard, reckless, unsound financially
- (of a strike) unauthorized by union officials
- (of an oil well) exploratory (US)
transitive verb and intransitive verb (US) To drill an experimental well in an area of unknown productivity in search of oil, gas, ore, etc wildˈcatter noun (US). wild cherry noun Any uncultivated tree bearing cherries, such as the gean (Prunus avium), or its fruit wild child noun (informal) A young person who enjoys a hedonistic lifestyle wild dog noun Any wild species of the dog genus or family, such as the dhole, the dingo, etc wild duck See under duck1 wild-eyedˈ adjective - Looking angrily distressed or distracted
- (of an idea or plan) unrealistic, impracticable
wildˈfire noun - A sweeping, destructive fire
- A needfire
- Any of various inflammable materials used in warfare, such as Greek fire (historical) (like wildfire extremely fast)
- Lightning without thunder
- A disease of sheep
- Will-o'-the-wisp
wildˈfowl noun - The birds of the duck tribe
- Game birds
wildˈfowler noun wildˈfowling noun The pursuit of wildfowl wild ginger noun A N American plant (Asarum canadense) whose root is sometimes used as a substitute for ginger wild goose noun - A wild or feral bird of the goose kind
- A flighty or foolish person
- (in pl, Wild Geese; historical) Irish Jacobites who migrated to the Continent after the abdication of James II, esp those who joined the French army
wild-goose chase noun - A search that is doomed, esp for reasons unknown to the searcher, to be unsuccessful
- Orig a chase hither and thither of the follow-my-leader kind
wild grape noun - A grapevine (Vitis or Muscadinia) in the wild state, or its fruit
- Coccoloba (see grapetree under grape1)
wild honey noun The honey of wild bees Wild Hunt noun In Germanic legend, a host of phantoms rushing along, accompanied by the shouting of huntsmen and the baying of dogs Wild Huntsman noun The leader of a Wild Hunt wild hyacinth noun (esp Scot) The bluebell, Endymion or Scilla nonscriptus wild indigo noun Any of several plants of different genera belonging to the same family (Papilionaceae) as indigo, such as an American tumbleweed (Baptisia tinctoria) wildˈland noun Land completely uncultivated wildˈlife noun Wild animals, birds, etc collectively wildlife park noun A safari park containing native or non-native animals wild man noun - Someone uncivilized, a savage (old)
- A man of extreme or radical views in politics
wild mare noun - A seesaw
- An instrument of punishment, the horse
wild oat noun Any of several tall perennial weeds related to the cultivated oat, eg Avena fatua wild olive noun The oleaster (qv) wild rice noun see zizania wild service noun A tree, Sorbus torminalis, of the same genus as the service tree wild silk noun - Silk from wild silkworms
- Short-fibred silk imitating this
wild thyme see thyme wild track noun A soundtrack recorded independently of a photographic track, but used in editing wild type noun (biology) The form of a species typically occurring under natural breeding conditions, as distinct from mutant types wild water noun The foaming water in rapids, etc Wild West noun The western United States in the days of the first settlers, chiefly cattlemen and goldminers, before the establishment of law and order Wild-West Show noun A performance of roping or riding of steers, shooting, etc by (people dressed as) cowboys wild Williams noun (dialect) Ragged Robin wildˈwood noun Wild uncultivated, or unfrequented, woodland (also adjective) go wilding (US) Of a gang of youths, or as a member of such a gang, to attack violently, by beating, robbing and raping run wild - To take to loose living
- To live or grow in freedom from constraint or control
- To revert to the wild or uncultivated state
sow one's wild oats see under oat wild and woolly - Unpolished
- Unrestrained
- Suggestive of the Wild West, lawless
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