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Wilder

//ˈwaɪldɚ// adj, name, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    comparative form of wild: more wild comparative, form-of
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in California. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Canyon County, Idaho. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kansas. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Campbell County, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Jackson County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Fentress County, Tennessee. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place and village in the town of Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To bewilder, perplex

    "Now, to smother noise and light, Is stolen abroad the wildering night,"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From wild.

Etymology 2

From wild, probably suggested by wilderness, and as to form by wander.

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