Wildering

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A plant growing in a state of nature, especially one that has run wild or escaped from cultivation.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Bewildering. poetic

    "Alas! how weak is reason's wildering chain! How low we fall, from heights we seek to gain! The lamp of Science, through the mists afar, Fades like the sun upon the Georgian star; […]"

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samuel wilderthornton niven wilder

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"Thus while AEneas, with set gaze and long, / hangs, mute with wonder, on the wildering scene, / lo! to the temple, with a numerous throng / of youthful followers, moves the beauteous Queen."

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