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Definition of Savage

1. Noun. A member of an uncivilized people.

2. Verb. Attack brutally and fiercely.

3. Adjective. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering. "Vicious kicks"

4. Noun. A cruelly rapacious person.

5. Verb. Criticize harshly or violently. "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

6. Adjective. Wild and menacing. "A pack of feral dogs"

7. Adjective. Without civilizing influences. "Wild tribes"

8. Adjective. Marked by extreme and violent energy. "A furious battle"

Definition of Savage

1. a. Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

2. n. A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.

3. v. t. To make savage.

Definition of Savage

1. Adjective. wild; not cultivated ¹

2. Adjective. barbaric; not civilized ¹

3. Adjective. fierce and ferocious ¹

4. Adjective. brutal, vicious(,) or merciless ¹

5. Adjective. (UK slang) unpleasant or unfair ¹

6. Noun. (pejorative) An uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian. ¹

7. Noun. (figuratively) A defiant person. ¹

8. Verb. To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint. ¹

9. Verb. (figuratively) To criticise vehemently. ¹

10. Verb. (context: of an animal) To attack with the teeth ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Savage

1. fierce [adj -AGER, -AGEST] : SAVAGELY [adv] / to attack or treat brutally [v -AGED, -AGING, -AGES] - See also: fierce

Medical Definition of Savage

1. To make savage. "Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf." (South) 1. Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness. 2. Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts. "Cornels, and savage berries of the wood." (Dryden) 3. Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners. "What nation, since the commencement of the Christian era, ever rose from savage to civilized without Christianity?" (E. D. Griffin) 4. Characterised by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit. Synonym: Ferocious, wild, uncultivated, untamed, untaught, uncivilized, unpolished, rude, brutish, brutal, heathenish, barbarous, cruel, inhuman, fierce, pitiless, merciless, unmerciful, atrocious. See Ferocious. Origin: F. Sauvage, OF. Salvage, fr. L. Silvaticus belonging to a wood, wild, fr. Silva a wood. See Silvan, and cf. Sylvatic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Savage

sauting sautoir sautoire sautoires sautoirs sautrie sautries sauts sautés sauvagine

sauvegarde sav savable savableness savacioun savage (current term) savaged savagedom savagely savageness

savagenesses savager savageries savagery savages savagest savaging savagism savagisms savaloy

Literary usage of Savage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"savage was the only military leader in whom the English reposed any ... In 1515 Sir Roland savage is mentioned in a memorial on the state of Ireland and a ..."

2. Annual Report by American Tract Society (1854)
"savage, Marietta Frances, Berlin, Conn. savage, Miss Lucy, Berlin, Conn. ... savage, Dr. James, Argyle, NY savage, Miss Virginia, Philadelphia ..."

3. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to by James Boswell (1884)
"This was "The Life of Richard savage;"* a man, of whom it is difficult to speak impartially, without wondering that he was for some time the intimate ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"For even the (to us) immoral practices of savage and semi-civilized peoples ... Sacred awe too easily degenerates into slavish fear in the savage heart. ..."

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