savage
/ˈsævɪd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Wild; not cultivated or tamed.
adj
Example Sentences
- "a savage wilderness"
- "a savage forest"
- "The Englishman had extracted the heavy spear from the body of the lion, so that when he went into the forest to hunt that morning he had a feeling of much greater security than at any time since they had been cast upon the savage shore."
- "Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage / And make a Northwest Passage to the sea."
- "savage manners"
- "I obſerv'd a Place where there had been a Fire made, and a Circle dug in the Earth, like a Cockpit, where it is ſuppoſed the Savage Wretches had ſat down to their inhumane Feaſtings upon the Bodies of their Fellow-Creatures."
Etymology
From Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, salvage (“wild, untamed”), from Late Latin salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”), from silva (“forest; grove”). Doublet of sylvatic.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsævɪd͡ʒ/
- British English: /ˈsævɪd͡ʒ/
Usage
- Slang
- British usage
- American usage
- Derogatory
- Obsolete
- Transitive verb
Inflected Forms
more savage (comparative)
most savage (superlative)
savages (plural)
salvage (alternative)
savages (present, singular)
savaging (participle, present)
savaged (participle, past)
savaged (past)