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"word": "sweet savage romance"
}
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"etymology_text": "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”).",
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"english": "see for more terms",
"word": "sylvan"
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"text": "a savage wilderness",
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"ref": "1981, Stan Rogers (lyrics and music), “Northwest Passage”, in Northwest Passage, Dundas, Ontario: Fogarty's Cove Music",
"text": "Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage / And make a Northwest Passage to the sea.",
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"tamed",
"tamed"
]
],
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mutawaḥḥiš",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "مُتَوَحِّش"
},
{
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "vayri",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "վայրի"
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"code": "be",
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"roman": "dzíki",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "дзі́кі"
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"roman": "dzikúnski",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "дзіку́нскі"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "div",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "див"
},
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "salvatge"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "殘暴"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 33 2 1 1 2 2 5 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cánbào",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "残暴"
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{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "divoký"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "wild"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "barbaars"
},
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "sovaĝa"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "villi"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "veluri",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "ველური"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "wild"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ágrios",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "άγριος"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "vad"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 33 2 1 1 2 2 5 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "műveletlen"
},
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "sovaja"
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"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "salvage"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "selvaggio"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "silvestris"
},
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "barbarus"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "divjački",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "дивјачки"
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "vill"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "dziki"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "zdziczały"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "selvagem"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "díkij",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "ди́кий"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dikárskij",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "дика́рский"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "odičávšij",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "одича́вший"
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"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sarbaggiu"
},
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "divoký"
},
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "divji"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "salvaje"
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{
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "vild"
},
{
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bpàa-tʉ̀ʉan",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "ป่าเถื่อน"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "vahşi"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dýkyj",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "ди́кий"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dykúnsʹkyj",
"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "дику́нський"
}
]
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"text": "savage manners",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1826 September, Edward D. Griffin, “Sermon IV. […] ”, in The National Preacher, volume 1, number 4, page 51",
"text": "What nation since the commencement of the Christian era ever arose from savage to civilized without Christianity?",
"type": "quotation"
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"Barbaric; not civilized."
],
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"barbaric"
],
[
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"civilized"
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],
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "hamajiyy",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "هَمَجِيّ"
},
{
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "vayreni",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "վայրենի"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "salvatge"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "barbaars"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "onbeschaafd"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "onbeschoft"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "raakalaismainen"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "sivistymätön"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "barbare"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "barbarosuli",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "ბარბაროსული"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 69 1 1 6 1 2 3 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "araciviluri",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "არაცივილური"
},
{
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "uxeši",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "უხეში"
},
{
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "uḳulṭuro",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "უკულტურო"
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{
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "wild"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "wüst"
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{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"word": "unbebaut"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ágrios",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "άγριος"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "protógonos",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
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"word": "πρωτόγονος"
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{
"_dis1": "14 69 1 1 6 1 2 3 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "barbár"
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{
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"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "civilizálatlan"
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{
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "sovaja"
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{
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "biadab"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "selvaggio"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 69 1 1 6 1 2 3 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "primitivo"
},
{
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "ferus"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "saevus"
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{
"_dis1": "14 69 1 1 6 1 2 3 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "crūdēlis"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 69 1 1 6 1 2 3 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "immānis"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 69 1 1 6 1 2 3 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "barbarus"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 69 1 1 6 1 2 3 4",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "divjački",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "дивјачки"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 69 1 1 6 1 2 3 4",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "barbarisk"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 69 1 1 6 1 2 3 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "barbarzyński"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 69 1 1 6 1 2 3 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "niecywilizowany"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 69 1 1 6 1 2 3 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "selvagem"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 69 1 1 6 1 2 3 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "várvarskij",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "ва́рварский"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 69 1 1 6 1 2 3 4",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"tags": [
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"word": "sarbaggiu"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 69 1 1 6 1 2 3 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "salvaje"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 69 1 1 6 1 2 3 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "barbarisk"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 69 1 1 6 1 2 3 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "ociviliserad"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 69 1 1 6 1 2 3 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "okultiverad"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 69 1 1 6 1 2 3 4",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bpàa-tʉ̀ʉan",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "ป่าเถื่อน"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 69 1 1 6 1 2 3 4",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "barbar"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 69 1 1 6 1 2 3 4",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "mọi rợ"
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]
},
{
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],
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"links": [
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"primitive"
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},
{
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{
"text": "savage beasts",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "a savage spirit",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Fierce and ferocious."
],
"id": "en-savage-en-adj-87bG6gZ0",
"links": [
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[
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],
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "vayrag",
"sense": "fierce and ferocious",
"word": "վայրագ"
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{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "fierce and ferocious",
"word": "sovaĝa"
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{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "fierce and ferocious",
"word": "feroca"
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fierce and ferocious",
"word": "villi"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fierce and ferocious",
"word": "féroce"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 93 1 1 0 0 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sasṭiḳi",
"sense": "fierce and ferocious",
"word": "სასტიკი"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 93 1 1 0 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fierce and ferocious",
"word": "unbändig"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 93 1 1 0 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fierce and ferocious",
"word": "rasend"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 93 1 1 0 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fierce and ferocious",
"word": "wütend"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 93 1 1 0 0 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ágrios",
"sense": "fierce and ferocious",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "άγριος"
},
{
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"text": "Their kids are little savages! One of them bit me the other day.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An aggressively defiant person."
],
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"links": [
[
"defiant",
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]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) An aggressively defiant person."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "17 76 3 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ágrios",
"sense": "aggressively defiant person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "άγριος"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 76 3 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "buntárʹ",
"sense": "aggressively defiant person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бунта́рь"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 76 3 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "buntárka",
"sense": "aggressively defiant person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бунта́рка"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2022 January 6, Kalhan Rosenblatt, “Elmo's feud with a pet rock has consumed the internet”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 2023-05-29",
"text": "It was on Dec. 29 that TikTok star Liv Pearsall posted a video titled \"7 Times Elmo Was an Absolute Savage,\" in which the star with more than 2.7 million followers lip-synced to various Elmo-ments.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Someone who speaks in an audacious, hilarious, and often sarcastic manner."
],
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[
"audacious",
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],
[
"hilarious",
"hilarious"
],
[
"sarcastic",
"sarcastic"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) Someone who speaks in an audacious, hilarious, and often sarcastic manner."
],
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"slang"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 7",
"text": "The torch-eyed ſavage, with growl tremendous, riſing up, diſlocated at one blow the arched neck of Sadit's Arabian ſteed, and brought the unfortunate omrah to the duſt, expiring between his extended claws.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A wild and ferocious beast."
],
"id": "en-savage-en-noun-FPnu0G-L",
"links": [
[
"ferocious",
"ferocious"
],
[
"beast",
"beast"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) A wild and ferocious beast."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈsævɪd͡ʒ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ævɪd͡ʒ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-savage.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0e/En-us-savage.ogg/En-us-savage.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/En-us-savage.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "salvage"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mutawaḥḥiš",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "مُتَوَحِّش"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "hamajiyy",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "هَمَجِيّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "vayreni",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "վայրենի"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "dzikún",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дзіку́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "dzikúnka",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дзіку́нка"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "divák",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дива́к"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "diváčka",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дива́чка"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "salvatge"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "野蠻人"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yěmánrén",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "野蛮人"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "divoch"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "divoška"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "villi-ihminen"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "villi"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "sauvage"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "uḳulṭuro",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "უკულტურო"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "veluri",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "ველური"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "de",
"english": "der Wilde",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wilder"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wilde"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "roher Mensch"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Barbar"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Barbarin"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ágrios",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "άγριος"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "vadember"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "sovajo"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "selvaggio"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"alt": "やばんじん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yabanjin",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "野蛮人"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"alt": "野蠻人",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yamanin",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "야만인"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "barbarus"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "ferus"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "divjak",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дивјак"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "divjačka",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дивјачка"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "niq",
"lang": "Nandi",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "korom"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "villmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dzikus"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dzikuska"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "selvagem"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dikárʹ",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дика́рь"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dikárka",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дика́рка"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "varvar",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "варвар"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "дѝвља̄к"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "дивља̀киња"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "дивља̀куша"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "dìvljāk"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "divljàkinja"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "divljàkuša"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "divoch"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "divoška"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "divjak"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "divjakinja"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vilde"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "barbar"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "bus kanaka"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dykún",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дику́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dykúnka",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дику́нка"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 36 10 13",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "người dã man"
}
],
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}
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
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},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
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{
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},
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},
{
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"2": "la",
"3": "silvaticus",
"4": "",
"5": "wild\"; literally, \"of the woods"
},
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "silva",
"3": "",
"4": "forest\", \"grove"
},
"expansion": "silva (“forest\", \"grove”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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”).",
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{
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},
{
"form": "savaging",
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"present"
]
},
{
"form": "savaged",
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]
},
{
"form": "savaged",
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"past"
]
}
],
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}
],
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],
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "No matter how anyone might savage me, I should stay strong.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2019 March 6, Drachinifel, 26:48 from the start, in The Battle of Samar (Alternate History) - Bring on the Battleships!, archived from the original on 2022-07-20",
"text": "But that was only the start, because the Fletchers - (obviously) carrying two torpedo launchers - were only launching half-salvos, so one full wave of torpedoes had driven off the cruisers after having savaged the destroyers, aaand then it was a case of, well, here come twenty-five destroyers, here comes two hundred and fifty torpedoes, hello Japanese battleships, dodge this!",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint."
],
"id": "en-savage-en-verb-21SnftXb",
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[
"attack",
"attack"
],
[
"assault",
"assault"
],
[
"ferociously",
"ferociously"
],
[
"restraint",
"restraint"
]
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint",
"word": "angreifen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint",
"word": "anfallen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint",
"word": "bestürmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint",
"word": "herfallen über"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katasparásso",
"sense": "to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint",
"word": "κατασπαράσσω"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint",
"word": "assalire"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nabrasyvatʹsja",
"sense": "to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "набрасываться"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "His latest film was savaged by most reviewers.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848",
"text": "British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To criticise vehemently."
],
"id": "en-savage-en-verb-FudGeLZu",
"links": [
[
"criticise",
"criticise"
],
[
"vehemently",
"vehemently"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) To criticise vehemently."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 99 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to criticise vehemently",
"word": "beleidigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99 1 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kaftiriázo",
"sense": "to criticise vehemently",
"word": "καυτηριάζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99 1 0",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to criticise vehemently",
"word": "slakte"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raznositʹ",
"sense": "to criticise vehemently",
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "разносить"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To attack with the teeth."
],
"id": "en-savage-en-verb-V7ioMIOM",
"links": [
[
"attack",
"attack"
],
[
"teeth",
"teeth"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of an animal) To attack with the teeth."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of an animal",
"of an animal"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 1 95 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to attack with the teeth",
"word": "beißen"
},
{
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"ref": "1963, C.L.R. James, The Black Jacobins, 2nd Revised edition, page 9",
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"ref": "2016 April 18, Winnie Hu with Kate Pastor, “Ex-Inmate Describes Rikers Beating as ‘Open Season’ for Guards on Trial”, in The New York Times",
"text": "Mr. Lightfoot, 31, returned to the witness stand for the second day and continued a harrowing, first-person account of the savage beating that he received in July 2012, when, Bronx prosecutors contend, the officers decided to teach him a lesson.",
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"ref": "2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 14:13 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 2022-08-04",
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"ref": "2020 May 14, Ron Dicker, “Stephen Colbert Turns Rand Paul Diss Into Grim Campaign Slogan For Trump”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 2022-12-07",
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"ref": "2020 October 25, Alfred Konuwa, “WWE Hell In A Cell 2020 Results: Winners, News And Notes On October 25”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-11-01",
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"text": "A savage new song by Shakira in which the Colombian star, philanthropist and committed believer in the veracity of hips ridicules her former partner Gerard Piqué has logged more than 63m YouTube views in 24 hours, making it the most watched new Latin song in the platform's history.",
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"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "مُتَوَحِّش"
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"word": "վայրի"
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"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "дзі́кі"
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"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "див"
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"sense": "wild, not cultivated",
"word": "殘暴"
},
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "cánbào",
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"word": "残暴"
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"word": "villi"
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"word": "ველური"
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"word": "ป่าเถื่อน"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "sivistymätön"
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{
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"word": "ბარბაროსული"
},
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"word": "არაცივილური"
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{
"code": "ka",
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"word": "უხეში"
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"code": "ka",
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "wüst"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "unbebaut"
},
{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
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"word": "άγριος"
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{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "barbár"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "civilizálatlan"
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{
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"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "sovaja"
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{
"code": "id",
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"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "biadab"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "barbaric, not civilized",
"word": "primitivo"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
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{
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"word": "crūdēlis"
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"word": "immānis"
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ágrios",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "άγριος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "vadember"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "sovajo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "selvaggio"
},
{
"alt": "やばんじん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yabanjin",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "野蛮人"
},
{
"alt": "野蠻人",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yamanin",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "야만인"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "barbarus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "ferus"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "divjak",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
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"word": "дивјак"
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "divjačka",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "дивјачка"
},
{
"code": "niq",
"lang": "Nandi",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "korom"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "villmann"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dzikus"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dzikuska"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "selvagem"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dikárʹ",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дика́рь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dikárka",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дика́рка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "varvar",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "варвар"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "дѝвља̄к"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "дивља̀киња"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "дивља̀куша"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "dìvljāk"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "divljàkinja"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "divljàkuša"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "divoch"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "divoška"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "divjak"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "divjakinja"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vilde"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "barbar"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "bus kanaka"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dykún",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дику́н"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dykúnka",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дику́нка"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "uncivilized or feral person",
"word": "người dã man"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ágrios",
"sense": "aggressively defiant person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "άγριος"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "buntárʹ",
"sense": "aggressively defiant person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бунта́рь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "buntárka",
"sense": "aggressively defiant person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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}
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"ref": "2019 March 6, Drachinifel, 26:48 from the start, in The Battle of Samar (Alternate History) - Bring on the Battleships!, archived from the original on 2022-07-20",
"text": "But that was only the start, because the Fletchers - (obviously) carrying two torpedo launchers - were only launching half-salvos, so one full wave of torpedoes had driven off the cruisers after having savaged the destroyers, aaand then it was a case of, well, here come twenty-five destroyers, here comes two hundred and fifty torpedoes, hello Japanese battleships, dodge this!",
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"ref": "2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848",
"text": "British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"To attack with the teeth."
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"(of an animal) To attack with the teeth."
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"English transitive verbs"
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"To make savage."
],
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],
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"(obsolete, transitive) To make savage."
],
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"transitive"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈsævɪd͡ʒ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ævɪd͡ʒ"
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0e/En-us-savage.ogg/En-us-savage.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/En-us-savage.ogg",
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"US"
],
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"translations": [
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint",
"word": "angreifen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint",
"word": "anfallen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint",
"word": "bestürmen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint",
"word": "herfallen über"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katasparásso",
"sense": "to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint",
"word": "κατασπαράσσω"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint",
"word": "assalire"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nabrasyvatʹsja",
"sense": "to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "набрасываться"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to criticise vehemently",
"word": "beleidigen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kaftiriázo",
"sense": "to criticise vehemently",
"word": "καυτηριάζω"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to criticise vehemently",
"word": "slakte"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raznositʹ",
"sense": "to criticise vehemently",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "разносить"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to attack with the teeth",
"word": "beißen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to attack with the teeth",
"word": "zerfleischen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katadagkóno",
"sense": "to attack with the teeth",
"word": "καταδαγκώνω"
}
],
"word": "savage"
}
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