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OP sav•age . . . adjective / Etymology: Middle English sauvage, from Middle French, from Late Latin salvaticus, alteration of Latin silvaticus of the woods, wild, from silva wood, forest / Date: 13th century / 1 a : not domesticated or under human control : UNTAMED <savage beasts> b : lacking the restraints normal to civilized human beings : FIERCE, FEROCIOUS / 2 : WILD, UNCULTIVATED <seldom have I seen such savage scenery — Douglas Carruthers> / 3 a : BOORISH, RUDE <the savage bad manners of most motorists — M. P. O'Connor> b : MALICIOUS 4 : lacking complex or advanced culture : UNCIVILIZED synonym see FIERCE
sav•age . . . noun / Date: 15th century / 1 : a person belonging to a primitive society 2 : a brutal person 3 : a rude or unmannerly person
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Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted salvage wwh 01/22/04 07:56 PM Re: salvage Wordwind 01/24/04 10:01 PM Re: salvage wwh 01/24/04 10:08 PM Re: Salvaging my selvages! Wordwind 01/24/04 10:15 PM Re: salvage Faldage 01/24/04 10:48 PM Re: salvage Wordwind 01/24/04 10:57 PM Re: salvage jheem 01/25/04 02:12 AM Re: salvage Wordwind 01/25/04 02:20 AM Re: salvage wwh 01/25/04 02:25 AM Re: selvage = wild? AnnaStrophic 01/25/04 04:16 PM Re: selvage = wild? of troy 01/25/04 04:33 PM Re: selvage = wild? jheem 01/25/04 04:38 PM Re: selvage = wild? wwh 01/25/04 05:17 PM Re: Wild irony Wordwind 01/25/04 05:43 PM Re: selvage = wild? jheem 01/25/04 05:45 PM Re: selvage = wild? sjmaxq 01/25/04 06:01 PM Re: selvage = wild? wwh 01/25/04 06:11 PM wild? consuelo 01/25/04 09:53 PM Re: wild? wwh 01/25/04 11:17 PM Re: salvage of troy 01/25/04 01:07 PM
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