Untamed
/ʌnˈteɪmd/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact.
"The mustang is an untamed horse that roams where it wants, with little interest in humans."
Adjective
- 1 in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated wordnet
Example
More examples"The King now understood how the Queen he had had for some time past had been so ill-tempered. He at once had a sack drawn over her head and made her be stoned to death, and after that torn in pieces by untamed horses."
Etymology
From Middle English untamed, untemed, equivalent to un- + tamed and/or untame + -ed. Compare Dutch ongetemd (“untamed”), German ungezähmt (“untamed”), Danish utæmmet (“untamed”), Swedish otämd (“untamed”), Icelandic ótamin (“untamed”).