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Wilde

//ˈwaɪld// adj, name

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of wild. alt-of, obsolete
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Middle English.
  2. 2
    A surname from Middle English.; Ellipsis of Oscar Wilde, Irish author, playwright, and poet (1845–1900), whose contemporary literary success, notably A Picture of Dorian Gray, was eventually soured by a gross indecency trial that became a cause célèbre. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

    "A dread sunny day / So I meet you at the cemetry [sic] gates / Keats and Yeats on your side / While Wilde is on mine"

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