wilding
noun
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adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English wild English -ing English wilding From wild + -ing.
- Not cultivated or tame; wild.
“The wilding bee hums merrily by.”
“And here had fall'n a great part of a tower, / Whole, like a crag that tumbles from the cliff, / And like a crag was gay with wilding flowers: […]”
name
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English wilding, wylding, wyldyng (“grass, straw, or the stems of wild plants”), equivalent to wild + -ing.
- A form of youth violence characterized by a group of young people committing violent acts randomly and without specific targets.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English wild English -ing English wilding From wild + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of wild
“Those boys are bad enough, and soon they'll start their wilding.”