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wilderness

noun

wil·​der·​ness ˈwil-dər-nəs How to pronounce wilderness (audio)
1
a(1)
: a tract or region uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings
(2)
: an area essentially undisturbed by human activity together with its naturally developed life community
b
: an empty or pathless area or region
in remote wildernesses of space groups of nebulae are found G. W. Gray †1960
c
: a part of a garden devoted to wild growth
2
obsolete : wild or uncultivated state
3
a
: a confusing multitude or mass : an indefinitely great number or quantity
I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys William Shakespeare
b
: a bewildering situation
those moral wildernesses of civilized life Norman Mailer

Example Sentences

She enjoys hikes through the wilderness. released the wolf back into the wilderness
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from wildern wild, from Old English wilddēoren of wild beasts

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Time Traveler
The first known use of wilderness was in the 13th century

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