Wild West

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wild/wʌɪld/
adjective
  • 1 (of animals or plants) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.
  • 2 (of a place or region) uninhabited, uncultivated, or inhospitable.

    ■ (of people) not civilized; barbarous.

    ■ (of looks, appearance, etc.) indicating distraction.

  • 3 uncontrolled; unrestrained.

    informal very enthusiastic or excited.

    informal very angry.

  • 4 not based on sound reasoning or probability: a wild guess.
noun (the wild) a natural state or uncultivated or uninhabited region.

■ (the wilds) a remote area.

– phrases
run wild grow or behave without restraint or discipline.
wild and woolly uncouth or rough.
– derivatives
wildish adjective,
wildly adverb,
wildness noun.
– origin OE wilde, of Gmc origin.
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