Woodwose

//ˈwʊdwəʊz// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A wild man of the woods; a faun or satyr, or a representation of such a being in heraldry or other decoration.

    "The young woodwose had now closed his eyes and was stretched out supine on the pool's marble margin; his Tarzan brief had been cast aside on the turf."

Synonyms

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wild manwild man

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"The young woodwose had now closed his eyes and was stretched out supine on the pool's marble margin; his Tarzan brief had been cast aside on the turf."

Etymology

From Middle English wodwo, from Old English wuduwāsa.

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wild man

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