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Definition savage

Etymology

From Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, salvage (“wild, savage, untamed”), from Late Latin salvaticus, alteration of Latin silvaticus (“wild"; literally, "of the woods”), from silva (“forest", "grove”).

Adjective

savage (comparative more savage, superlative most savage)

1. Wild; not cultivated.
2. Barbaric; not civilized.
3. Fierce and ferocious.
4. Brutal, vicious, or merciless.
5. (Britain, slang) Unpleasant or unfair.
6. (Ireland, slang) Great, brilliant, amazing.
7. (heraldry) Nude; naked.

Noun

savage (plural savages)

1. (derogatory) An uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian.
2. (figuratively) A defiant person.

Verb

savage (third-person singular simple present savages, present participle savaging, simple past and past participle savaged) (transitive)

1. To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
2. (figuratively) To criticise vehemently.
3. (of an animal) To attack with the teeth.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To make savage.

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